Research on motivated cognition has typically examined how motives to arrive at certain
conclusions affect people's judgmental processes (cf. Dunning, Leuenberger, & Sherman …

Publisher Summary This chapter highlights major biases that exist in traditional theories of
psychology. Since such theories typically have been operationalized and developed …

There are a number of theories that have discussed the importance of distinguishing
between levels of selfregulation. Different approaches have emphasized the importance of …

What is self-regulation, exactly? What does it involve? If one looks to classic social and
motivational psychology for an answer to these questions, the answer is sure to include the …

Perhaps the most widely agreed-on function of self-regulation is to bring thoughts and
behavior in line with goals and intentions. From smokers trying to quit smoking to students …

We are interested in the structure of behavior. The questions that lie behind this interest are
very abstract: What concepts are most useful in thinking about how people create overt …

Exercising self-control is often difficult, whether declining a drink in order to drive home
safely, passing on the chocolate cake to stay on a diet, or ignoring text messages to finish …

The authors argue that behavior in economic contexts will be better understood when it is
taken into account that contexts can evoke self-regulatory strategies reflecting a promotion …

The field of self‐control has witnessed an unprecedented boom, not least due to the
immense implications of successful and unsuccessful self‐control for people's lives …

Once seen as a dubious endeavor, the study of motivated reasoning has recently achieved
new life and begun to reappear in many different areas of social psychology. One reason for …