Wanting to Be Different Predicts Nonmotivated Change

Autor:	S. Christian Wheeler, J. Adam Randell, Kenneth G. DeMarree, Darcy A. Reich, Kimberly Rios, Richard E. Petty
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Adult Male Motivation Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Self-esteem 050109 social psychology Self Concept 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Humans Female 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 42:1709-1722
ISSN:	1552-7433 0146-1672
DOI:	10.1177/0146167216670876
Popis:	Actual–desired discrepancies in people’s self-concepts represent structural incongruities in their self-representations that can lead people to experience subjective conflict. Theory and research suggest that structural incongruities predict susceptibility to subtle influences like priming and conditioning. Although typically examined for their motivational properties, we hypothesized that because self-discrepancies represent structural incongruities in people’s self-concepts, they should also predict susceptibility to subtle influences on people’s active self-views. Across three studies, we found that subtle change inductions (self-evaluative conditioning and priming) exerted greater impact on active self-perceptions and behavior as actual–desired self-discrepancies increased in magnitude. Exploratory analyses suggested that these changes occurred regardless of the compatibility of the change induction with individuals’ desired self-views.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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