3 ideas from Edward E. Jones, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.
In a 1967 study, people read a pro- or anti-Castro essay and were told outright that the writer had been assigned which side to argue, no choice involved. They still rated the writ…
— Edward E. Jones, Victor A. Harris, The Attribution of Attitudes
People consistently attribute their wins to their own ability and effort, but their losses to external circumstances beyond their control — a bad ref, an unfair test, the weather. …
— Edward E. Jones & Keith E. Davis; later Miller & Ross, Egotism in Attribution
In a 1978 study, Steven Berglas and Edward Jones found that after succeeding on a test through luck rather than skill, many participants chose to take a performance-impairing drug …
— Steven Berglas, Edward E. Jones, Drug Choice as a Self-Handicapping Strategy in Response to Noncontingent Success