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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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"The illusion of control refers to people's belief that they have influence over the outcome of uncontrollable events." Montier (2007)

"Overoptimism and overconfidence tend to stem from the illusion of control and the illusion of knowledge." (Montier 2007, p. 20)

The illusion of control refers to people's belief that they have influence over the outcome of uncontrollable events." (Montier 2007, p. 22)

"the illusion of control—the belief that we can influence the outcome of uncontrollable events" Montier (2010, p. 133)

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  1. LANGER, E.J., 1975. The illusion of control. [Cited by 1153] (34.50/year)
  2. 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 211] (6.31/year)
  3. MCKENNA, F.P., 1993. It won't happen to me: unrealistic optimism or illusion of control?. British journal of psychology(1953). [Cited by 152] (9.86/year)
  4. 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 186] (9.58/year)
  5. ALLOY, L.B. and L.Y. ABRAMSON, 1982. Learned helplessness, depression, and the illusion of control.. J Pers Soc Psychol. [Cited by 93] (3.52/year)
  6. ALLOY, L.B. and C.M. CLEMENTS, 1992. Illusion of control: invulnerability to negative affect and depressive symptoms after laboratory and …. J Abnorm Psychol. [Cited by 85] (5.18/year)
  7. ALLOY, L.B., L.Y. ABRAMSON and D. VISCUSI, 1981. Induced mood and the illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Cited by 101] (3.68/year)
  8. PRESSON, P.K. and V.A. BENASSI, 1996. Illusion of Control: A Meta-Analytic Review. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY. [Cited by 48] (3.86/year)
  9. HARRIS, P. and W. MIDDLETON, 1994. The illusion of control and optimism about health: on being less at risk but no more in control than …. British journal of social psychology. [Cited by 55] (3.81/year)
  10. THOMPSON, S.C., W. ARMSTRONG and C. THOMAS…, 1998. Illusions of Control, Underestimations, and Accuracy: A Control Heuristic Explanation. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN. [Cited by 89] (8.54/year)

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