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ERIC Number: EJ938620
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0033-2933
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The Effect of Male Confederate Presence, Betting, and Accuracy of Play on Males' Gambling on Blackjack
McDougall, Casey L.; Terrance, Cheryl; Weatherly, Jeffrey N.
Psychological Record, v61 n3 p411-424 Sum 2011
Previous research suggests that the actions of a confederate can alter participants' gambling behavior. In the present experiment, male participants played Blackjack either alone or in the presence of a confederate. The confederate either quit early in the session or played for the entire session. Across sessions in which the confederate played for the entire session, how much the confederate bet per hand and how accurately he played were manipulated. Participants gambled significantly more money across the session when a confederate played the entire session than when a confederate left early in the session. During sessions in which the confederate played for the entire session, the number of hands participants played and their total amount bet varied directly with the confederate's bet size. Overall, the results indicate that gambling behavior can be indirectly influenced by another's gambling behavior, which may provide useful data for researchers and therapists seeking to predict and control gambling behavior. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Mailcode 4609, Rehabilitation Institute, Carbondale, IL 62901-4609. Tel: 618-536-7704; e-mail: psychrec@siu.edu; Web site: http://www.siuc.edu/~ThePsychologicalRecord/index.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Dakota
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