The Deployment of Personal Luck: Sympathetic Magic and Illusory Control in Games of Pure Chance
By Michael J. A. Wohl, M. Enzle. 2002
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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, General Decision Sciences
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- What's in a Term? Paranormal, Superstitious, Magical and Supernatural Beliefs by Any Other Name Would Mean the Same (2012, background): “To illustrate, Wohl and Enzle (2002) assessed magical think- Table 1 Number of Assessment Methods by Belief Object and Concept Being Measured (Paranormal, Superstitious, Magical, or Supernatural Beliefs) Belief object Concept being measured Paranormal Superstition Magical Supernatural Extrasensory…”
- The effects of near wins and near losses on self-perceived personal luck and subsequent gambling behavior (2003, methodology): “Belief in the unconventional skill of personal luck, however, provides people with a means by which they influence such outcomes (Wohl & Enzle, 2002).”
- Gaming with Mr. Slot or Gaming the Slot Machine? Power, Anthropomorphism, and Risk Perception (2011, background): “The possibility of this somewhat limited form of anthropomorphism might explain why Yoon et al. (2006) observed neural dissociates between brand and person judgments.”
- Quinte longitudinal study of gambling and problem gambling (2015, unknown): “…Toneatto et al., 1997; Toneatto & Nguyen, 2007; Turner et al., 2008; Turner, Zangeneh & Littman-Sharp, 2006; Volberg, Reitzes & Boles, 1997; Welte et al., 2007; Westphal & Johnson, 2007; Wohl & Enzle, 2002; Wood & Griffiths, 2007; Wood, Williams & Parke, 2012; Zimmerman, Chelminksi & Young, 2006.”