trustmebro.to/r/…
✓ checked
trust me, bro:
here is the receipt.
the claim

American psychologist Ellen Langer named the illusion of control.

the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
Recorded sources
5 sources for · 0 against

Counts group repeated records of the same source within each side. They do not measure evidence strength or source independence.

Is it true that American psychologist Ellen Langer named the illusion of control?

Yes. Multiple reliable sources explicitly state that American psychologist Ellen Langer named and studied the illusion of control.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 5 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

How claims like this are judged

Judged against reference works: claims of this kind are settled by the historical reference record, not journal abstracts.

Evidence for · 5
Wikipedia: Ellen Langer
Reference article covering this claim directly
Get citation
Wikipedia: Ellen Langer. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Langer

See more details
More for · 4
Wikipedia: Illusion of control
Reference article covering this claim directly
Get citation
Wikipedia: Illusion of control. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_control

2 recorded entries grouped as this source

Additional records of the same source are shown below. They are not counted as additional sources.

Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Illusion of control
Confirms the illusion of control was named by American psychologist Ellen Langer.
Get citation
Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Illusion of control. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_control

Wikipedia: Department of Psychology (Harvard University)
Reference article covering this claim directly
Get citation
Wikipedia: Department of Psychology (Harvard University). (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Psychology_(Harvard_University)

PLOS (all journals): Impact of managerial overconfidence on abnormal audit fee: From the perspective of balance mechanism of shareholders
Mentions Langer put forward the theory of control illusion.
Get citation
PLOS (all journals): Impact of managerial overconfidence on abnormal audit fee: From the perspective of balance mechanism of shareholders. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238450

Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Introduction to Sociology/Social psychology
Notes experiments done by Ellen Langer regarding the illusion of control.
Get citation
Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Introduction to Sociology/Social psychology. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Social_psychology

Receipt History
Anyone with this link can read the claim and its public receipt, including any personal information in that text. Open permanent receipt.
Check your own claim
Challenge the receipt
Requests are recorded for review. This does not start an automatic check or guarantee a response time.

Citation formatting by citeproc-js (Frank Bennett) and the Citation Style Language project. Source and licenses.

This receipt is an automated verdict against our published method · not an opinion about any author or publication.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work