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In a classic study, people who chose their own lottery number demanded far more money to sell their ticket back than people who were simply given one — even though the odds were id…
— Ellen Langer, The Illusion of Control
Ellen Langer found that people who chose their own lottery number demanded far more money to sell their ticket back than people who were simply handed a random number. The odds of …
— Ellen J. Langer, The Illusion of Control