The Context-Sensitive Future Self: Possible Selves Motivate in Context, Not Otherwise Daphna Oyserman, Mesmin Destin & Sheida Novin a Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90266, USA b Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA c Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA d Dep...

although gardner and his associates’ work was most influential in the field of l2 motivation, from the early 1990s onwards, their work has been criticized for several reasons. some researchers claimed that integrative and instrumental orientations were no longer able to convey the complexity of the l2 motivation construct. to examine this complexity, the present study attempted to investigate t...

The practice of physical activities is one the most important that reduce many health and psychological problems for individuals. main target this study to know role impact on possible selves, therefore degree different according variables birth order, gender, age, weight. used cluster random sampling, collected data were from (580) males females Salt City, two instruments developed, measure co...

In two studies, we show that comparisons with past or possible future selves shape current self-evaluation and that the direction of this influence is determined by one’s current comparison focus. In Study 1, participants primed to focus on similarities versus dissimilarities were asked to remember an introverted or extraverted past self and then to evaluate their current level of extraversion....

This research illustrates how risk domain moderates the effects of priming the interdependent self versus the independent self on consumers' risk-taking. Experiment 1 showed that individuals whose interdependent selves were activated were more risk-seeking in their financial choices and less risk-seeking in their social choices than were those whose independent selves were activated. The size o...

Abstract Background STEM minority participation programs have been widely implemented in higher education with the goal of diversifying global workforce. Informed by research highlighting potential targeted exploration roles and reflection on self relation to (identity exploration), this work examines how engagement a government funded program shaped these processes current students alumni. Res...

I walked several steps in front of Sean,1 Michelle, and Ashley as we wound our way towards the familiar building that agreed to house us while we edit movies. Michelle checked for text messages while Ashley joked with Sean about college plans. Since Sean is a senior, juniors Michelle and Ashley complained that he would be leaving them in a year. They talked of plans for Michelle to catch up wit...