Seeing the forest and not the trees: When impact uncertainty heightens causal complexity

• Main Author: AU, Evelyn W. M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Uncertainty; perceived control; causal complexity; attributions; Cognition and Perception; Cognitive Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1955; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3212/viewcontent/Au_SeeForestNotTrees_2017_IJP.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study attempts to isolate the effects of experiencing uncertainty on people's cognitive processes. I argue that people can believe that their actions affect the outcome (i.e. outcome control), but still face uncertainty regarding the extent to which actions will make a difference (i.e. imp...