Lenny, a 17-year-old college student, is playing online poker and believes that his losses must soon be followed by wins, so he doubles his bet. Lenny is exhibiting the cognitive distortion known as

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Lenny's belief that his losses must soon be followed by wins, leading him to double his bet, is an example of the gambler's fallacy. This fallacy is the mistaken belief that if something happens more frequently than normal during a given period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa, in situations where each event is independent of the previous ones.

Lenny, a 17-Year-Old College Student, Is Playing Online Poker and Believes