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mass media
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...communications. When the illusion of movement was created by projecting...debates over who owns and controls these vital means of communication, who can...Classification) set up in 1912; press control bodies like the Press Council...Commission); broadcasting ...
Odéon, Théâtre National de l
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...Odéon was removed from the control of the Comédie-Française and renamed...the theatre reverted to the control of the Comédie-Française, and its...After a further period of control by the Comédie-Française, 1986...Storm, and Corneille's L'Illusion.
baldness
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...What today we sometimes refer to as ‘illusion hairstyling’ also goes way back in time...plastering down of the strands was necessary. Illusion styling remains popular today, especially...modern period — it made it easier to control for lice, for example. But it also...
Denmark
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...1943 the government tried to maintain the illusion of neutrality in an attempt to prevent...crucial for Germany's access to, and control of, Norway. As a consequence of the...and police continued to be under Danish control, and even the armed forces were allowed...
ghettos
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...in that month, been created under the control of the SS to unite the state and party police...occupied Poland was designated. In order to control them more easily, they were to be forced to live in...the war. This was, in fact, a cruel illusion, fostered by the Nazis in ...
Guard of Honor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...inquiry into, and the abolition of, discrimination. Unable to control himself or the situation, General Beal escapes on a solo flight...a candid, mature officer who has learned to live without illusions. The original problems are just being settled when new ones...
Film
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...still pictures, when set in motion, was found to give an illusion of movement. A further endeavor, building on the technology...the Motion Picture Patents Company to pool patents and assert control over production, distribution, and exhibition, with a goal...
Kissinger, Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...and the Soviet Union made significant progress toward arms control, with the Interim Agreement of Limitations of Strategic Armaments...reputation diminished. His diplomatic triumphs often were based on illusion and manipulation. Believing that only power mattered in international...

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collective behaviour
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...feelings, magical formulas, and illusions—and explains group participation...and the operation of social control (which refers to the counter...response of the agencies of social control’. Smelser's sixth determinant...the same importance to social control ...
Indonesia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Dutch from 1602 in order to control the spice trade. As the Netherlands...of the country under their control in two Police Actions in 1947 and...government remained all but an illusion. Instead, a strong military...the army, Suharto assumed control over the ...
smoke
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...smoke and mirrors (originally, with reference to the illusion created by conjuring tricks) are deception, dissimulation...filled room regarded as the characteristic venue of those in control of a party meeting to arrange a political decision, from a...
Spain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...the nineteenth century increased during the early twentieth. Illusions about world-power status were finally destroyed by defeat...censorship and the lack of a constitution added to Franco's control yet further. He was not interested in reconciling the two...
United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...this decline, some of them inevitable and outside British control, though their relative importance has been subject to intense...to go to war. However, the government was never under any illusion that the wars would not be cripplingly expensive. The consequent...

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The illusion of control in a virtual reality setting.(Report)
Magazine article from: North American Journal of Psychology ...individuals could experience an illusion of control related to their actions in...consistent and moderately strong illusion of control effect across 53 studies...necessary to label the effect an illusion of control. What ...
Influence of personality on the occurrence of illusion of control and...
Magazine article from: International Journal of Business Research ...distribution is completely ignored. This illusion is called ambiguity aversion. Another cognitive error known as illusion of control was discovered by Thaler (1992...deviates in emerging markets; the illusion of control and ambiguity ...
Illusion of control bolsters a sense of luck
News Wire article from: Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India) ...into believing that we can control circumstances and events to our advantage. This "illusion of control" can bolster...between the two. This illusion of control "can help motivate...adds Venkatesh. The illusion of ...
MANIPULATING THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL: VARIATIONS IN GAMBLING AS A FUNCTION OF...
Magazine article from: The Psychological Record ...cognitive heuristic entitled the "illusion of control." Five adult human females gambled...inaccurate rules related to this "illusion of control" were introduced in...discussions of gambling is called the "illusion of ...
The illusion of control.
Magazine article from: ABA Banking Journal ...this lattice, moving the control of operational risk far...confines of any one bank's control organization. Risk controls, if confined to internal operations, are an illusion. Banks and their customers must control operational risk right...
THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL: FORCE AND FOREIGN POLICY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Magazine article from: Middle East THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL FORCE AND FOREGN POLICY IN THE 21St...an instrument of 4 diplomacy. In The Illusion of Control, Seyom Brown shows how US...prowess could turn out to be a dangerous illusion. In fact, employing new military technologies...
The illusion of control drives Chinese casino play.(MACAU BEAT)
Magazine article from: IGWB: International Gaming & Wagering Business ...behavioral pattern I found was the high illusion of control that Chinese players appeared...demonstrate Chinese gamblers' high illusion of control. It appeared that...gamblers and contribute to their high illusion of ...
The illusion of control: Force and foreign policy in the 21st century
Magazine article from: International Journal ...national security posture in The Illusion of Control. Brown contends that there is...policy-makers function under the illusion, in Brown's view, that military...theme of the book--a dangerous illusion according to Brown. Proponents...
Arousal, erroneous verbalizations and the illusion of control during a...
Magazine article from: British Journal of Psychology ...verbalizations while gambling and the illusion of control during a computer-based gambling...to gambling explanation and the illusion of control Cognitive approaches...the heuristic and biases, the illusion of control offers ...
Power and the illusion of control.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science ...think they have more personal control over outcomes than they...between power and illusory control - the belief that one has...roles, it led to perceived control over outcomes that were beyond...authors note that positive illusions can be adaptive, ...

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