Rubin, Jeffrey Z.; Brockner, Joel; Small-Weil, Susan; … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 24 (1980) 3, pp. 405-426
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of two variables on psychological entrapment. Experiment 1 was an incrementing counter paradigm in which subjects could quit at any time. Subjects paid for each tick of their counter hoping that cash might eventually be awarded—either...