When opportunity knocks: Bottom-up priming of goals by means and its effects on self-regulation.
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- 2 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 84 (6) , 1109-1122
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1109
Abstract
Four studies using general attribute goals or specific task goals revealed that attainment means cognitively activate the goals they are perceived to serve. A range of means replicated this effect including goal-directed activities, specific behavioral strategies, or opportunities, assumed to afford effective goal pursuit. The increased accessibility of a currently pursued goal due to "bottom-up" priming by its attainment means improved task Persistence and performance, whereas a similarly increased accessibility of a competing goal impeded task persistence and performance.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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