PerCePtion in the serviCe of goAl Pursuit: motivAtion to AttAin goAls enhAnCes the PerCeived size of goAl-instrumentAl oBjeCts

By M. Veltkamp, Henk Aarts, Ruud Custers. 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Applied Psychology

1. G. V. Koningsbruggen
2. Wolfgang Stroebe
3. Henk Aarts
4. K. van den Bos
5. Ruud Custers
6. Lutz Sommer
7. Wendy Wood
8. M. Veltkamp

In Social Psychology

1. Wolfgang Stroebe
2. Henk Aarts
3. G. V. Koningsbruggen
4. K. van den Bos
5. Lutz Sommer
6. Ruud Custers
7. B. Nijstad
8. M. Hogg

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Wolfgang Stroebe
2. G. V. Koningsbruggen
3. Henk Aarts
4. K. van den Bos
5. Ruud Custers
6. Lutz Sommer
7. J. Prooijen
8. M. Hogg

Citations in the corpus

• Through the eyes of dieters: Biased size perception of food following tempting food primes (2011, result): “This latter finding extends previous research on goals and size perception (Aarts et al., 2008; Veltkamp et al., 2008) by showing that people decrease the perceived size of objects that are dysfunctional in attaining desired goals.”
• Making Sense of Life: The Existential Self Trying to Deal with Personal Uncertainty (2009, background): “Furthermore, in recent experiments Arnaud Wisman and I found that the uncertainty salience manipulation led participants to adhere more strongly toward heroes that are important in their culture (as assessed by means of an inconspicuous measure of value attached to heroes, namely, the perceived phys”