Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior

Peter M. Gollwitzer; Paschal Sheeran; Roman Trötschel; Thomas L. Webb

doi:10.1177/0956797611411586

Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior

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Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior. / Gollwitzer, Peter M.; Sheeran, Paschal; Trötschel, Roman et al.
In: Psychological Science, Vol. 22, No. 7, 07.2011, p. 901-907.

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Gollwitzer, PM, Sheeran, P, Trötschel, R & Webb, TL 2011, 'Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior', Psychological Science, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 901-907. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611411586

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Gollwitzer, P. M., Sheeran, P., Trötschel, R., & Webb, T. L. (2011). Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior. Psychological Science, 22(7), 901-907. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611411586

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Gollwitzer PM, Sheeran P, Trötschel R, Webb TL. Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior. Psychological Science. 2011 Jul;22(7):901-907. doi: 10.1177/0956797611411586

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title = "Self-regulation of priming effects on behavior",

abstract = "In three experiments, we tested whether people can protect their ongoing goal pursuits from antagonistic priming effects by using if-then plans (i.e., implementation intentions). In Experiment 1, concept priming did not influence lexical decision time for a critical stimulus when participants had formed if-then plans to make fast responses to that stimulus. In Experiment 2, participants who were primed with a prosocial goal allowed a confederate who asked for help to interrupt their work on a focal task for a longer time if they had merely formed goal intentions to perform well than if they had also formed implementation intentions for concentrating on the task. In Experiment 3, priming the goal of being fast increased driving speed and errors for participants who had formed mere goal intentions to drive only as fast as safety allowed or who had formed no goal intentions, whereas the driving of participants who had formed such goal intentions as well as implementation intentions showed no such priming effects. Our findings indicate that implementation intentions are an effective self-regulatory tool for shielding actions from disruptive concept- or goal-priming effects.",

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