OBJECTIVE To test whether physiological satiation as measured by the gut peptide ghrelin may vary depending on the mindset in which one approaches consumption of food. METHODS On 2 separate occasions, participants (n = 46) consumed a 380-calorie milkshake under the pretense that it was either a 620-calorie "indulgent" shake or a 140-calorie "sensible" shake. Ghrelin was measured via intraveno...

Parental belief systems can strongly influence children’s affect, behavior, and mental health. However, associations between specific kinds of parental beliefs and children’s mental health have not been thoroughly explored. One relevant belief system is parental intelligence mindset: beliefs about the malleability of intelligence. Children of parents who view intelligence as static (known as a ...

Research on mindset theory (GollwitTer & Baye4 1999) observed that people in an implemental mindset show an orientation towards positive illusionary self-evaluations, whereas people in a deliberative mindset opt for accura.te self-evaluations. In the present study, we tested whether these self-evaluative orientations and the associated search for certain types of self-relevant information (feed...

Two studies investigate receptiveness to opposing views in conflictual dialogue. Study 1 uses a factor-analytic approach to demonstrate that being in a receptive mindset is distinct from attitude strength and the Big Five trait of Openness (Costa & McCrae, 1985; 1992). Study 2 tests the impact of a broadly utilized conflict resolution ritual, namely sharing food with an opponent, on both recept...

Mindset theory (Gollwitzer, 1990) proposes that deliberative mindsets are marked by more open-minded processing of information, whereas implemental mindsets are characterized by more closed-minded processing. Accordingly, deliberative and implemental mindsets should diVer in selective processing of incidental information when performing a central task. In three experiments, participants in deli...

When people see patterns in the world, they often assume that there is some type of centralised control, even when it does not exist. This ‘centralised mindset’ could act as a braking function on the spread of organic networks — if people are not able to think about and understand the decentralised interactions that underlie organic networks, they will not be able to conceive, design, implement...

The ability to respond appropriately employees' work-related well-being requires leaders pay attention their in the first place. We propose that leaders' stress mindset, is, belief is enhancing versus debilitating, may bias perception of well-being. further this judgment then influences intention engage or refrain from health-oriented leadership behavior, express higher performance expectations...

Three studies document the effect of cultural mindset cued by national identity on consumers' response to nutrition information. French, but not American consumers experience nutrition and taste as incompatible and rate even healthy food more negatively if nutrition information is provided. This effect is triggered by the distinctive cultural mindset of food enjoyment cued by a salient French i...

the purpose of this research was to determine the attitude of agricultural advisory and technical engineers towards anreo. the population of this study included 127 engineers in songhor township. based on their job tenure and field of study, a purposeful sample of 45 engineers participated in this study. this study was conducted using q methodology. it is a combination of qualititative and quan...