TY - JOUR
T1 - Accessibility from active and fulfilled goals
AU - Förster, Jens
AU - Liberman, Nira
AU - Higgins, E. Tory
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to Jens Förster (FO244/6-1) and by a Heisenberg award from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to Jens Förster. We thank Simon Finkeldei, Christiane Haupt, AndréLombe, Amina Özelsel, Sonja Ranzinger, Susanne Schmid, Anke Siebers, Anna Seidle, Thomas Stemmler, Sabine Wolfrath, and Anja Zimmermann for helping to collect and analyze the data. Special thanks go to Anke Siebers and Amina Özelsel for the thorough pretesting of the stimulus materials. We thank Martin Denzler, Stefanie Kuschel, Katrin Schimmel, Angie Nichols, and Amina Özelsel for invaluable discussions and Angie Nichols for editing the manuscript.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - In six studies participants searched for a target stimulus among other stimuli. Lexical decision and Stroop measures of accessibility showed that accessibility of target-related words was enhanced prior to finding the target and reduced after finding it, relative to both a preceding stage, relative to a control, no-goal condition and relative to a condition in which the goal was not fulfilled. In addition, Studies 4, 5, and 6 showed that goal-related accessibility and post-fulfillment inhibition were proportional to the goal's expectancy, the goal's value, and their interaction. Together, these studies support the notion that goals enhance accessibility of the goal-related constructs, which is maintained as long as the goal is active, goal fulfillment inhibits accessibility of goal-related constructs, and these effects are proportional to the strength of the motivation.
AB - In six studies participants searched for a target stimulus among other stimuli. Lexical decision and Stroop measures of accessibility showed that accessibility of target-related words was enhanced prior to finding the target and reduced after finding it, relative to both a preceding stage, relative to a control, no-goal condition and relative to a condition in which the goal was not fulfilled. In addition, Studies 4, 5, and 6 showed that goal-related accessibility and post-fulfillment inhibition were proportional to the goal's expectancy, the goal's value, and their interaction. Together, these studies support the notion that goals enhance accessibility of the goal-related constructs, which is maintained as long as the goal is active, goal fulfillment inhibits accessibility of goal-related constructs, and these effects are proportional to the strength of the motivation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jesp.2004.06.009
M3 - מאמר
AN - SCOPUS:15844418942
VL - 41
SP - 220
EP - 239
JO - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
SN - 0022-1031
IS - 3
ER -