Wishful Thinking—Against All Odds

The Intuitive Psychologist And His Shortcomings: Distortions in the Attribution Process

1977 • 3,905 citations

Basking in reflected glory: Three (football) field studies.

1976 • 2,118 citations

Life of the mind: The interface of psychopharmaceuticals, domestic economies, and social abandonment

2004 • 876 citations

They saw a game; a case study.

1954 • 850 citations

Self-fulfilling prophecies

1981 • 797 citations

Contemporary topics in social psychology

1976 • 536 citations

Mediation of interpersonal expectancy effects: 31 meta-analyses.

1985 • 502 citations

From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports

1979 • 405 citations

Bias and error in human judgment

1983 • 330 citations

Lay epistemo-logic—process and contents: Another look at attribution theory.

1980 • 271 citations

When prophecy bends: The preference–expectation link in U.S. presidential elections, 1952–1980.

1983 • 177 citations

The Political System Matters: Social Psychology and Voting Behavior in Sweden and the United States.

1989 • 136 citations

Effects of Observing Athletic Contests on Hostility

1971 • 112 citations

Sports, Games, and Play: Social and Psychological Viewpoints.

1981 • 94 citations

Wishful thinking and objectivity among sports fans.

1987 • 80 citations

Factors Influencing Wishful Thinking and Predictions of Election Outcomes

1992 • 58 citations

On being a sore loser: How fans react to their team'S failure

1974 • 58 citations

Candidate Preference, Membership Group, and Estimates of Voting Behavior

1987 • 53 citations

Wish and Reality in Voters' Predictions of Election Outcomes

1993 • 40 citations

Fans! How we go crazy over sports

1976 • 12 citations

Preferences, expectations, and behaviours in interpersonal interaction

1985 • 4 citations