“INEQUITY AVERSION”—DOES GUILT AFFECT FREE THROW SHOOTING? Nick sent me this link which led to this article about “inequity aversion.” The article discusses an empirical study which confirms “the hypothesis frequently put forth by Rasheed Wallace…that a player will often miss free throws after getting a foul that he does not deserve.” The empirical study showed that players made about 53% of their free throws after an obviously incorrect foul call (against average for NBA players of about 73%. The effect was stronger when the foul shooter’s team was ahead. The empirical study has support in this experiment by cognitive psychologists which measured neural responses in a simple game.
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dear folks,
THE REASON THIS ARTICLE IS INTERESTING BUT HALODS LITTLE WATER IS BECAUSE THE SHOOTERS MEASURED ARE ALL POOR MECHANICAL SHOOTERS WITH POOR LIFETIME PERCENTAGES. aS A HIGH SCORER ALL MY LIFE WITH FREETHROW PERCENTAGES ABOVE 90 WHILE PRESENTLY SHOOTING 99% FROM THE LINE, ALL THIS OTHER FLUFF IS JUST THAT. GREAT SHOOTERS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY ANY OF THIS. tHEY HAVE VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN MAKE IT AND HOPE AND FAITH DO NOT PLAY A PART IN MAKING BASKETS. I WOULD LIKE TO READ A REPORT ABOUT SUPER SHOOTERS AND INEQUITY AVERSION AND VISUALIZATION AND THE NEBULOUS THAT MOST OF THE WORLD KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT JUST LIKE THEY KNOW LITTLE ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF SHOOTING. WE SUFFER FROM COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE FINER POINTS OF SHOOTING.
THANKS
AND BEST SWISHES
ED PALUBINSKAS
SHOOTING SURGEON
I wanted to write a rebuttal but the Caps Lock is far too overwhelming.
I have experienced things like this in games amongst friends, although I will immediately acknowledge/table the caveat that that is extremely different from the situations that this is talking about.