Overfeed the Bold, Starve the Cowardly: A Legend or Reality?

doi:10.1007/s10899-017-9739-6

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	Overfeed the Bold, Starve the Cowardly: A Legend or Reality?
	Bi, Yanling 1,2; Xiang, Zhoulei 1,2; Li, Shu 3; Zhang, Baoshan 1,2
摘要	Although the negative effects of overconfidence are more likely to be mentioned in the literature, some researchers have argued that the benefits of overconfidence may outweigh its costs. We attempted to explore the positive effects of overconfidence in competitive situations. We had participants compete against fake opponents who were overconfident and then measured their competitive performance in two studies. In Study 1 we examined the effects of overconfidence on competitive performance in a competitive situation and the possible mechanism for this overconfidence. In Study 2 we investigated the characteristics of the performance in a competition after a mismatch between the level of confidence and the fake opponent's actual competence was revealed. Our results indicated that overconfident individuals tend to be perceived as more competent and more likely to benefit in the process of competition. Even after a mismatch between the level of confidence and the real competence was revealed, the overconfident individuals were not punished in that they made as much money as the less overconfident and still got higher competence ratings. Together those studies suggested that overconfidence has its advantages in competitive situations.
关键词	Overconfidence Competition Betting game
	2018-12-01
语种	英语
DOI	10.1007/s10899-017-9739-6
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES
ISSN	1050-5350
卷号	34 期号:4 页码:1139-1163
资助项目	science of education of Shaanxi[SGH140551] ; MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences[14XJC190001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[7171101069] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31400907] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31400907] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[7171101069] ; MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences[14XJC190001] ; science of education of Shaanxi[SGH140551]
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS关键词	EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ; CONSTRUCTIVE COMPETITION ; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS ; COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS ; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION ; PREDICTING OUTCOMES ; POSITIVE ILLUSIONS ; DECISION-MAKING ; SELF-CONFIDENCE ; 1ST IMPRESSIONS
WOS研究方向	Substance Abuse ; Psychology
WOS类目	Substance Abuse ; Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000447811800005
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences ; science of education of Shaanxi
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/27183
通讯作者	Zhang, Baoshan
作者单位	1.Shaanxi Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 2.Shaanxi Key Lab Behav & Cognit Neurosci, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bi, Yanling,Xiang, Zhoulei,Li, Shu,et al. Overfeed the Bold, Starve the Cowardly: A Legend or Reality?[J]. JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES,2018,34(4):1139-1163.
APA	Bi, Yanling,Xiang, Zhoulei,Li, Shu,&Zhang, Baoshan.(2018).Overfeed the Bold, Starve the Cowardly: A Legend or Reality?.JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES,34(4),1139-1163.
MLA	Bi, Yanling,et al."Overfeed the Bold, Starve the Cowardly: A Legend or Reality?".JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES 34.4(2018):1139-1163.