Priming against your will: How accessible alternatives affect goal pursuit
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Shah, JY; Kruglanski, AW
Published in: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
January 1, 2002
Four studies examined how diverse aspects of goal pursuit are influenced by the accessibility of alternative goals. It was consistently found that such an accessibility often affects the resources allocated to a focal goal, influencing commitment, progress, and the development of effective means, as well as one's emotional responses to positive and negative feedback about one's striving efforts. Moreover, the direction of these influences was found to depend on how the alternative goals relate to the focal pursuit. Alternatives unrelated to the focal goal pull resources away from it, whereas alternatives facilitatively related to a focal goal draw resources toward it. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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0022-1031
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Volume
38
Issue
4
Start / End Page
368 / 383
Related Subject Headings
- Social Psychology
- 5205 Social and personality psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
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Shah, J. Y., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2002). Priming against your will: How accessible alternatives affect goal pursuit. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38(4), 368–383. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00005-7
Shah, J. Y., and A. W. Kruglanski. “Priming against your will: How accessible alternatives affect goal pursuit.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 38, no. 4 (January 1, 2002): 368–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00005-7.
Shah JY, Kruglanski AW. Priming against your will: How accessible alternatives affect goal pursuit. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2002 Jan 1;38(4):368–83.
Shah, J. Y., and A. W. Kruglanski. “Priming against your will: How accessible alternatives affect goal pursuit.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 38, no. 4, Jan. 2002, pp. 368–83. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0022-1031(02)00005-7.
Shah JY, Kruglanski AW. Priming against your will: How accessible alternatives affect goal pursuit. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2002 Jan 1;38(4):368–383.
Published In
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
DOI
ISSN
0022-1031
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Volume
38
Issue
4
Start / End Page
368 / 383
Related Subject Headings
- Social Psychology
- 5205 Social and personality psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology