When the Going Gets Tough, How Do We Perceive the Future?

IF 1.2 4区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Social Cognition Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI:10.31234/OSF.IO/PKAXN
Tepper Sj, Neil A. Lewis
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People struggle to stay motivated to work toward difficult goals. Sometimes the feeling of difficulty signals that the goal is important and worth pursuing; other times, it signals that the goal is impossible and should be abandoned. In this paper, we argue that how difficulty is experienced depends on how we perceive and experience the timing of difficult events. We synthesize research from across the social and behavioral sciences and propose a new integrated model to explain how components of time perception interact with interpretations of experienced difficulty to influence motivation and goal-directed behavior. Although these constructs have been studied separately in previous research, we suggest that these factors are inseparable and that an integrated model will help us to better understand motivation and predict behavior. We conclude with new empirical questions to guide future research and by discussing the implications of this research for both theory and intervention practice.
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当情况变得艰难时,我们如何看待未来?
人们努力保持动力,朝着困难的目标努力。有时候,困难的感觉表明目标很重要,值得追求;其他时候,它表明目标是不可能的,应该放弃。在本文中,我们认为如何体验困难取决于我们如何感知和体验困难事件的时间。我们综合了来自社会科学和行为科学的研究,提出了一个新的综合模型来解释时间感知的组成部分如何与经历困难的解释相互作用,从而影响动机和目标导向行为。虽然这些结构在以前的研究中是单独研究的,但我们认为这些因素是不可分割的,一个综合的模型将有助于我们更好地理解动机和预测行为。最后,我们提出了新的实证问题,以指导未来的研究,并讨论了本研究对理论和干预实践的影响。
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Social Cognition
Social Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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期刊介绍: An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.
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