Alcohol Affects Goal Commitment by Explicitly and Implicitly Induced Myopia
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in: Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Jahrgang 121, Nr. 2, 01.05.2012, S. 524-529.
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T1 - Alcohol Affects Goal Commitment by Explicitly and Implicitly Induced Myopia
AU - Sevincer, A. Timur
AU - Oettingen, Gabriele
AU - Lerner, Tobias
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - Alcohol commits people to personally important goals even if expectations of reaching the goals are low. To illuminate this effect, we used alcohol myopia theory, stating that alcohol intoxicated people disproportionally attend to the most salient aspects of a situation and ignore peripheral aspects. When low expectations of reaching an important goal were activated students who consumed alcohol were less committed than students who consumed a placebo. We observed less commitment regardless of whether low expectations were explicitly activated in a questionnaire (Study 1) or implicitly activated through subliminal priming (Study 2). The results imply that, intoxicated people commit to goals according to what aspects of a goal are activated either explicitly or implicitly.
AB - Alcohol commits people to personally important goals even if expectations of reaching the goals are low. To illuminate this effect, we used alcohol myopia theory, stating that alcohol intoxicated people disproportionally attend to the most salient aspects of a situation and ignore peripheral aspects. When low expectations of reaching an important goal were activated students who consumed alcohol were less committed than students who consumed a placebo. We observed less commitment regardless of whether low expectations were explicitly activated in a questionnaire (Study 1) or implicitly activated through subliminal priming (Study 2). The results imply that, intoxicated people commit to goals according to what aspects of a goal are activated either explicitly or implicitly.
KW - Alcohol myopia
KW - Expectations
KW - Goal commitment
KW - Subliminal priming
KW - Psychology
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U2 - 10.1037/a0025931
DO - 10.1037/a0025931
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 22004115
AN - SCOPUS:84864753483
VL - 121
SP - 524
EP - 529
JO - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Psychology
SN - 0021-843X
IS - 2
ER -