Can We Perceive Near Miss? An Empirical Study |
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Authors: | Gy?z? Kurucz Attila K?rmendi |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Work and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Debrecen Faculty of Humanities, Debrecen, Hungary;(2) Department of Personality and Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Debrecen Faculty of Humanities, Debrecen, Hungary |
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Abstract: | Near misses are a special kind of reinforcement which increases one’s desire to play. The aim of this paper is to examine
the perception of near misses in normal population. We used a slot machine simulation running on a PC, where participants
had to play four rounds with different near miss ratios (0, 15, 30 and 45%). Our sample consisted of 159 individuals with
mean age of 22.8 and with no or little gambling experience. For data analysis we used chi-squared goodness-of-fit test and
exact binomial test. Despite the fact, that there was a notable effect of near misses results showed that the subjects could
not perceive trials of them. |
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