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The ability to alter, regulate, or otherwise control one's own behavior is a valuable but limited human capacity. Good self-control facilitates success in life, but self-control attempts often fail. The present work examined two causes...
Previous research has found that uncertainty temporarily impairs people's ability to exercise self-regulation (Alquist, Baumeister, & Tice, in prep; Milkman, 2012). The present study tested the hypothesis that uncertainty continues to...
A well-supported view of goal pursuit states that committing to a specific plan for a goal will increase one's odds of success (Gollwitzer, 1999). The present work sought to reveal an exception to that rule. First, it was predicted that...
Ego depletion was initially understood as the exhaustion of an energy resource, possibly blood glucose. Recent work has favored a model based on allocation of energy in which motivation and beliefs change patterns of allocating energy...
Recent scholarship has challenged the long-held assumption in the social sciences that Conservatives were more biased than Liberals, contending that the predominance of Liberals in the social sciences might have caused social scientists...
Evidence indicates that self-regulation relies on glucose as a limited energy source, such that self-regulation is impaired when glucose is lower and is improved when glucose is higher. Two studies examined whether levels of oxygen, the...
People use heuristics, even though these produce wrong answers to problems. The present research tested an explanation for this seemingly irrational phenomenon. People use heuristics to preserve mental energy and avoid self-regulatory...
The current investigation sought to investigate whether emotional insensitivity (as opposed to emotional distress) mediates the relationship between social exclusion and aggressive behavior. Results from Experiments 1 and 2 showed that...
Free to Choose, Free to Dislike: Perceptions of Group Membership as a Choice Mediate the Relationship Between Belief in Free Will and Attitudes Toward Outgroup Members
Across three studies, parts of a mediational model to explain the relationship between belief in free will and attitudes toward certain outgroups were tested. Study 1 tested and found support for the correlational hypothesis that belief...
The present investigation tested the hypothesis that people with individualistic cultural orientation favor an experience of standing out, whereas those with collectivistic cultural orientation prefer an experience of blending in as a...
Previous research has found that social exclusion leads people to be wary of others yet motivated to reestablish social connections. However, most research has focused on how social exclusion affects responses to strangers. The current...
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