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illusion of control

tendency for people to overestimate their ability to control events
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illusion of control

Summary

illusion of control is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #40 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • illusion of control's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • illusion of control's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[4].
  • illusion of control's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nzt4[5].
  • illusion of control's Quora topic ID is recorded as Illusion-of-Control[6].
  • illusion of control's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 148116889[7].
  • illusion of control's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C148116889[8].
  • illusion of control's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 34992[9].

Why It Matters

illusion of control draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #40 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). illusion of control. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/illusion-of-control
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_illusion-of-control_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{illusion of control}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/illusion-of-control}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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