What remains on your mind after you are done
Flexible regulation of knowledge accessibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9007484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Per Hedberg (0000-0002-6038-6940, Columbia University, corresponding author), Per H Hedberg, E Tory Higgins (0000-0003-4157-8207, Columbia University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 882-890 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1031 • E-ISSN: 1096-0465 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.03.008 |
| PMID | 21765541 |
| PMCID | PMC3134315 |
| OpenAlex | W2022586347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
The accessibility of stored knowledge has been found to decline over time after activation without further stimulation. A special case is goal pursuit; goal-related knowledge remains accessible until goal completion, and then its accessibility declines rapidly. We hypothesized that after goal completion the decline in accessibility of goal-related knowledge would be especially rapid for strong promotion-focused individuals because their motivation to eagerly advance beyond the status quo would make accessibility of this knowledge an irrelevant detriment. We hypothesized an opposite effect for strongly prevention-predominant individuals because their motivation to vigilantly maintain a satisfactory state would make accessibility of this knowledge continually relevant. The results of two studies supported both these predicted moderators of accessibility change. Indeed, we found that for strongly prevention-predominant participants, knowledge accessibility actually increased over time after goal completion. We discuss how even basic cognitive mechanisms, like changes in accessibility, can be affected by general motivational concerns
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Goal pursuit · Political science · Promotion (chess · Status quo · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
On perceptual readiness.
One hundred years of forgetting
Availability versus accessibility of information in memory for words
Facilitation in recognizing pairs of words
Reflections of the Environment in Memory
Ironic processes of mental control.
Lectures on the philosophy of the human mind.
Hypermnesia and reminiscence in recall
Strategies of self‐regulation in goal attainment versus goal maintenance
Performance incentives and means
When risk seeking becomes a motivational necessity
In search of the nonconscious sources of goal pursuit
Accessibility from active and fulfilled goals
Implicit regulatory focus associated with asymmetrical frontal cortical activity
Making a good decision
Beyond pleasure and pain
Emotional responses to goal attainment
The effects of promotion and prevention cues on creativity
Promotion and prevention choices between stability and change
Positive Affect as Implicit Motivator
Liking Is for Doing
Expectancy × value effects
Dynamics of self-regulation
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |