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  2. Illusion of control - Wikipedia

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    Fenton-O'Creevy et al. [9] argue, as do Gollwittzer and Kinney in 1998, [41] that while illusory beliefs about control may promote goal striving, they are not conducive to sound decision-making. Illusions of control may cause insensitivity to feedback, impede learning and predispose toward greater objective risk taking (since subjective risk ...

  3. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    In social psychology, illusory superiority is a cognitive bias wherein people overestimate their own qualities and abilities compared to others. Illusory superiority is one of many positive illusions , relating to the self , that are evident in the study of intelligence , the effective performance of tasks and tests, and the possession of ...

  4. Maya (religion) - Wikipedia

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    In the completion stage of Buddhist Tantra, the practitioner takes on the form of a deity in an illusory body (māyādeha), which is like the magician's illusion. It is made of wind, or prana, and is called illusory because it appears only to other yogis who have also attained the illusory body. The illusory body has the markings and signs of a ...

  5. Illusion - Wikipedia

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    These "illusory" tactile objects can be used to create "virtual objects". [9] Temporal. A temporal illusion is a distortion in the perception of time, which occurs ...

  6. Illusionism (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Illusionism as discussed here, holds that people have illusory beliefs about free will. [1] Furthermore, it holds that it is both of key importance and morally right that people not be disabused of these beliefs, because the illusion has benefits both to individuals and to society.

  7. Illusory promise - Wikipedia

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    Illusory promises are so named because they merely hold the illusion of contract. For example, a promise of the form, "I will give you ten dollars if I feel like it," is purely illusory and will not be enforced as a contract. It is a general principle of contract law that courts should err on the side of enforcing contracts. [1]

  8. Illusory truth effect - Wikipedia

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    The illusory truth effect (also known as the illusion of truth effect, validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) is the tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure. [1] This phenomenon was first identified in a 1977 study at Villanova University and Temple University.

  9. Illusory correlation - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, illusory correlation is the phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists. A false association may be formed because rare or novel occurrences are more salient and therefore tend to capture one's attention . [ 1 ]