The psychology and philosophy of luck

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-28

  Pritchard, Duncan ^a   Smith, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Chance; Counterfactual thinking; Fortune; Illusion of control; Luck

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144230696     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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