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Sun, Yanlong; Tweney, Ryan D.; Wang, Hongbin – Psychological Review, 2010
On the basis of the statistical concept of waiting time and on computer simulations of the "probabilities of nonoccurrence" (p. 457) for random sequences, Hahn and Warren (2009) proposed that given people's experience of a finite data stream from the environment, the gambler's fallacy is not as gross an error as it might seem. We deal with two…
Descriptors: Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Probability, Time Perspective
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Twenge, Jean M. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
This author became intrigued by the idea that her generation, who had grown up reaping the benefits of second-wave feminism, might differ from previous generations in their attitudes toward women. What was unclear was how this period of progress might have combined with feminist backlash in affecting subsequent generations' responses to typical…
Descriptors: Females, Attitudes, Gender Issues, Feminism