00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861985456 Buklod 20150204114435.0 g||| | || || ta 160623s2007 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00016088012 BAG rda eng Circulation-Monograph Matute, Helena author. Illusion of control in internet users and college students Helena Matute [and three others]. ©2007. 6 leaves illustrations 28cm Includes bibliographical references. When people try to obtain desired event and this outcome occurs independently of their behavior, they often think that they are controlling its occurrence. This is known as the illusion of control, and it is the basis for most superstitions and pseudosciences. However, most experiments demonstrating this effect had been conducted many years ago and almost always in the controlled environment of the psychology laboratory and with psychology students as subjects. Here, we explore the generality of this effect and show that it is still today a robust phenomenon that can be observed even in the context of a very simple computer program that users try to control (and believe that they are controlling) over the Internet. Understanding how robust and general this effect is, is a first step towards eradicating and irrational and pseudoscientific thinking. Illusion (Philosophy). Internet Users. Computer Users. Vadillo, Miguel A. author. Vegas, Sonia author. Fernando, Blanco author. Cyber Psychology & Behavior Vol. 10, No.2 (April 2007) : pages 176-181. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN Circulation-Monograph Analytics