The Automatic Pursuit and Management of Goals

By James Y. Shah. 2005

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

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Egalitarian goals trigger stereotype inhibition: A proactive form of stereotype control☆ (2011, background): “…goals and stereotype control The recent proliferation of research on unconscious goals (e.g., Bargh, 1990; Custers & Aarts, 2005a; Förster, Liberman, & Friedman, 2007; Kruglanski et al., 2002; Moskowitz, Li, & Kirk, 2004; Shah, 2005) has made a proactive approach to stereotype control tenable.”
Empathy: a motivated account. (2014, background): “For instance, implicitly priming goals for cooperation (Shah, 2005), achievement (Custers, Aarts, Oikawa, & Elliot, 2009), impression formation, and memorization (Chartrand & Bargh, 1996) all facilitate goal-relevant behavior outside of awareness.”
The goal construct in social psychology. (2007, background): “…face of such numerous competing pursuits, a person necessarily has to prioritize the pursuits and resolve goal conflict in order to best ensure the successful attainment of as many goals as possible (Cantor & Langston, 1989; Emmons & King, 1988; Higgins, 1997; Markus & Ruvolo, 1989; Shah, 2005).”
An exploratory field experiment of the effect of subconscious and conscious goals on employee performance (2009, background): “Shah and his colleagues found that putting a person in surroundings containing various means to attain a primed goal moves the goal to the center of a person’s attention, thus increasing the likelihood that a person will pursue it (e.g., Fitzsimons & Shah, 2005; Shah, 2005).”
Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world (2012, background): “Althoughwe can only speculate about the underlying psychological dynamics, we suggest that the threat produced by the cliff-walking task automatically activated attachment-relevant goals (such as the desire to seek social support), and these goals in turn shaped vigilance and distancing behavior wit”
Contextualized Personality, beyond Traits (2015, background): “…has been exhibited on goal content, yet, there exists several other aspects of contextualized goals that deserve attention in future research, such as goal disengagement processes (Shah, 2005) and participants’ evaluations of their goals themselves (e.g. importance and enjoyment; Emmons, 1999).”
The social media political participation model: A goal systems theory perspective (2020, background): “As long as the specific kind of online PP (e.g. liking a post) is consistent with these more pressing matters, online PP will ensue (Shah, 2005).”
Attachment styles and interpersonal approach and avoidance goals in everyday couple interactions (2008, background): “Partners may influence goals directly, by their actions, or indirectly, by priming what goals are salient and what standards are used to evaluate goals and goal progress (Shah, 2005).”
The Relevance and Viability of Subconscious Goals in the Workplace (2010, background): “Shah (2005) explained priming effects in terms similar to classical conditioning.”
Keys to motivating tomorrow's workforce (2006, methodology): “Shah (2005) has used three effective ways for priming subconscious goals.”