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Illusion of Control

"The illusion of control is the tendency for human beings to believe they can control or at least influence outcomes which they clearly cannot."
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Top 5 Papers

  1. LANGER, E.J. and J. ROTH, 1974. The illusion of control. [Cited by 349]
  2. SANDERSON, W.C., R.M. RAPEE and D.H. BARLOW, 1989. The influence of an illusion of control on panic attacks induced via inhalation of 5.5% carbon …. Archives of General Psychiatry. [Cited by 61]
  3. LANGER, E.J. and J. ROTH, 1975. Heads I win, tails it's chance: The illusion of control as a function of the sequence of outcomes …. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Cited by 67]
  4. ALLOY, L.B. and C.M. CLEMENTS, 1992. Illusion of control: Invulnerability to negative affect and depressive symptoms after laboratory and …. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. [Cited by 34]
  5. ALLOY, L.B. and L.Y. ABRAMSON, 1982. Learned helplessness, depression, and the illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Cited by 33]