Sentence examples for illusion control from inspiring English sources

Zoos, after all, are the built realization of humanity's favorite illusion: control over nature.

And it helps you realize how tentative our illusion control really is.

In Experiment #1 we compared the illusion questions to the control questions, in the synchronous and asynchronous conditions, respectively, using a 2×2 ANOVA with the factors Condition (Synchronous, Asynchronous) and Question type (Illusion, Control).

The negative illusion (control judgments below zero) appeared in the preventive condition, but only when the undesired outcome was delivered with low probability.

The scope of this work is exquisite, as is its novel reification of the metaphysical tug-of-war between two equally-entrancing illusions: Control of one's environment, and self-control.

Control, or the illusion of control, is one of the things business travelers say they want to maintain most on the road.

K. Vaccaro et al. (2017) The Illusion of Control: Placebo Effects of Control Settings, CHI.

Shitty mobile skins only give the illusion of control, Samsung needs to control the full stack.

What they need to understand is that they are giving up the illusion of control, rather than actual control.

This is just one example of the "illusion of control": Acting as if we control something that we don't.

Nondepressed participants showed an illusion of control when they judged the control they exerted over uncontrollable outcomes.