Browsing by Author "Schmeichel, Brandon J."
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Serra, Raymond Nicholas (2011-02-22)Previous research has observed that approach motivation can both increase and decrease attentional breadth. How does the same motivation have these seemingly divergent effects? Three studies tested the hypothesis that ...
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Berg, Logan Alison (2015-05-13)The way people mentally represent objects and events influences self-control; high-level construals, made up of abstract, global features, assist self-control, while low-level construals, made up of concrete, proximal ...
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Harmon-Jones, Cindy Kay (2012-10-19)Past research suggested that greater rhythmic complexity in musical behavior increases affiliation in small groups. The current research tested the hypothesis that musical behavior including melody would promote affiliation. ...
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Bench, Shane William (2011-08-08)The goal of the present investigation was to explore the effects of automatic emotion regulation on the desirability bias. The desirability bias is the tendency to believe that one will experience desirable outcomes and ...
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Kelley, Nicholas J.; Schmeichel, Brandon J. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2014)
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Kim, Min Jung (2015-08-06)Savings play an important role in consumer financial well-being by alleviating the detrimental impact of income shocks, unexpected expenditures, and other financial uncertainties (Modigliani 1986). Despite the importance ...
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Price, Thomas (2012-10-19)Past research associated relative left frontal cortical activity with approach motivation, or the inclination to move toward a stimulus, as well as positive affect. Work with anger, a negative emotion often high in approach, ...
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Harmon-Jones, Cindy (2011-02-22)This study examines the valence and motivational direction components of affect using facial expressions of determination, anger and joy. Determination is a positive, approach-related emotion; anger is a negative, ...
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Seto, Elizabeth (2017-05-03)Belief in free will has meaningful consequences on morally relevant behaviors; however, there is limited research identifying a potential mechanism for these effects. Two studies explored whether subjective perceptions of ...
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Finley, Anna J.; Tang, David; Schmeichel, Brandon J.; van Elk, Michiel (PloS One, 2015)
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Kelley, Nicholas J.; Schmeichel, Brandon J.; Bastian, Brock (PloS One, 2015)
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Crowell, Adrienne; Kelley, Nicholas J.; Schmeichel, Brandon J. (Frontiers, 2014-09-29)Numerous experiments have found that exercising self-control reduces success on subsequent, seemingly unrelated self-control tasks. Such evidence lends support to a strength model that posits a limited and depletable ...
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Crowell, Adrienne; Kelley, Nicholas J.; Schmeichel, Brandon J. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2014)
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Burpo, Jill Elizabeth (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The debate about how to frame health messages to maximize their effectiveness is ongoing. Research supports the use of both positive and negative frames under different conditions. This project was developed to further ...