More than planned: Implementation intention effects in non-planned situations
| Autor: | Maik Bieleke, Peter M. Gollwitzer, Astrid Mignon, Eve Legrand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male 050109 social psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Plan (drawing) Intention Neuropsychological Tests 050105 experimental psychology Task (project management) Young Adult Cognition Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Generalization (learning) Cognitive resource theory Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Implementation intention 05 social sciences General Medicine Achievement Object (philosophy) Goal attainment Facilitation Female Psychology Social psychology Goals Psychomotor Performance Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Acta psychologica. 184 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6297 |
| Popis: | Forming implementation intentions (i.e., if-then planning) is a powerful self-regulation strategy that enhances goal attainment by facilitating the automatic initiation of goal-directed responses upon encountering critical situations. Yet, little is known about the consequences of forming implementation intentions for goal attainment in situations that were not specified in the if-then plan. In three experiments, we assessed goal attainment in terms of speed and accuracy in an object classification task, focusing on situations that were similar or dissimilar to critical situations and required planned or different responses. The results of Experiments 1 and 3 provide evidence for a facilitation of planned responses in critical and in sufficiently similar situations, enhancing goal attainment when the planned response was required and impairing it otherwise. In Experiment 3, additional unfavorable effects however emerged in situations that were dissimilar to the critical one but required the planned response as well. We discuss theoretical implications as well as potential benefits and pitfalls emerging from these non-planned effects of forming implementation intentions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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