Implicit Motives as a Way to Understand Cognitive Processes

A way to understand erythromelalgia.

A painful syndrome characterized by pain, heat and redness of the extremities has received at least two different names: erythromelalgia and erythermalgia. The term 'erythromelalgia', which is derived from the 3 Greek words erythros (red), melon (extremities) and algos (pain) was first proposed by Mitchell in 1878 [15] to indicate red, painful extremities. Mitchell was not entirely certain abou...

Measuring implicit motives 1 RUNNING HEAD: Measuring implicit motives Measuring implicit motives

All picture stimuli described in this chapter are available upon request from the authors. Measuring implicit motives 2 Measuring implicit motives Over the past ten years, the field of personality psychology has seen a resurgence of interest in implicit motives, nonconscious motivational needs that orient, select, and energize behavior (McClelland, 1987). This renewed interest has led to signif...

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Implicit Motives Across Cultures

In recent years, methodological and substantial progress has been made in the field of cross-cultural studies on implicit motives. By reporting results of recent empirical studies we propose that cross-cultural studies on implicit motives are indispensable to understand universal and culture-specific variations in individuals’ mental processes and behavior. It is assumed that implicit motives r...

Implicit Motives, Explicit Motives, and Emotional Well-Being

Based on the distinction between implicit and explicit motives as proposed by McClelland and co-workers, we derive the hypothesis that an incongruency between implicit and explicit motives should be associated with impaired emotional well-being, whereas a congruency between the two types of motives should be linked with elated mood and well-being. Testing this assumption in an empirical study, ...