The implicit power motive predicts action selection
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The implicit power motive predicts action selection
Previous research has indicated that implicit motives can reliably predict which behaviors people select or decide to perform. However, so far, the question of how these motives are able to predict this action selection process has received little attention. Based on ideomotor theory, we argue that implicit motives can predict action selection when an action has become associated with a motive-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0340-0727,1430-2772
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-016-0768-z