Browsing Psychology by Author "Stange, Madison"
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Examining the Influence of Scratch Card Structural Characteristics on Psychophysiology, Motivation, and Gambling Behaviour
Stange, Madison (University of Waterloo, 2021-10-26)Scratch cards are a popular and accessible form of gambling. Although scratch cards, like other lottery products, are typically cast in an innocuous light, this gambling form contains structural features that resemble slot ... -
The influence of near-miss outcomes on the physiological and subjective experience of scratch card gambling
Stange, Madison (University of Waterloo, 2017-04-25)Scratch cards are an omnipresent gambling form in the Canadian marketplace that contain a special type of outcome called a near-miss. A near-miss is an outcome that appears to come close to a large win, but falls short ... -
Unclaimed Prize Information Increases the Appeal of Scratch Card Games
Stange, Madison; Walker, Alexander C.; Fugelsang, Jonathan A.; Koehler, Derek J.; Dixon, Mike J. (Taylor and Francis, 2020-11-03)Previous research suggests that intuitively appealing, yet uninformative unclaimed prize information is capable of biasing gambling-related judgments when people compare scratch cards that vary in the number of unclaimed ...