Consider It Done! Plan Making Can Eliminate the Cognitive Effects of Unfulfilled Goals¶
Masicampo, E. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (2011). Consider It Done! Plan Making Can Eliminate the Cognitive Effects of Unfulfilled Goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(4), 667-683.
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Mechanisms¶
- Competing-Goal Parking Lot
- Its strength is that it preserves focus and the rival's value at once
This sourceShows that a specific plan for an unfinished goal can preserve later commitment while freeing attention for the task at hand.
- Its strength is that it preserves focus and the rival's value at once
- Finite Inbox Policy
- It also relieves a real cognitive tax: unfinished open commitments occupy attention out of proportion to their number — the Zeigarnik effect
This sourceFinds that unfulfilled goals produce intrusive thoughts and cognitive interference.
- It also relieves a real cognitive tax: unfinished open commitments occupy attention out of proportion to their number — the Zeigarnik effect
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