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Positive Illusions Part 2

Positive Illusions Part 2. Illusion of Control. Occurs when people over-estimate the amount of control they have over events. Cutting cards study Workplace raffle study Benefits of perceived control Langer & Rodin’s nursing home study. Implicit Self-Enhancement. Mere-ownership effect.

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Positive Illusions Part 2

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  1. Positive IllusionsPart 2

  2. Illusion of Control • Occurs when people over-estimate the amount of control they have over events. • Cutting cards study • Workplace raffle study • Benefits of perceived control • Langer & Rodin’s nursing home study.

  3. Implicit Self-Enhancement • Mere-ownership effect. • Name-letter effect. • Pelham et al. (2002). “Why Susie sells seashells by the seashore”.

  4. Pelham et al. (2002)

  5. Pelham et al. (2002)

  6. Pelham et al., Study 3

  7. Pelham et al. Study 4

  8. Positive Illusions • Better-than-average effect • Unrealistic optimism • Illusion of control • Implicit egotism

  9. Limits to Self-Enhancement • Ambiguity • Accountability • Bracing for feedback • Individual differences in self-esteem and depression

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