Ritualization increases the perceived efficacy of instrumental actions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F21%3A00121867" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/21:00121867 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027721002420?dgcid=coauthor#" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027721002420?dgcid=coauthor#</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104823" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104823</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ritualization increases the perceived efficacy of instrumental actions
Original language description
Across all cultures, people frequently engage in ritualized (non-instrumental) behaviors. How do those causally opaque actions affect perceptions of causal efficacy? Using real-life stimuli extracted from NCAA basketball games, we asked fans, players of the game, and subjects naive to the game to predict the outcome of free throw attempts. We found that the performance of personal pre-shot rituals increased the perception of shot efficacy irrespective of subjects' level of knowledge of and involvement in the game. Those effects became stronger when the score was less favorable for the shooter's team. Our findings suggest that even in non-religious contexts, people make intuitive judgements about ritual efficacy, and that those judgements are sensitive to ecological factors. The implications of those biases extend beyond sports, to various domains of public action, such as religion, courtrooms, college life, and political events.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Cognition
ISSN
0010-0277
e-ISSN
1873-7838
Volume of the periodical
215
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
1-6
UT code for WoS article
000684293400010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85108779366