It is often said that there are two types of psychological processes: one that is intentional,
controllable, conscious, and inefficient, and another that is unintentional, uncontrollable …

Attitudes have been a central topic in social psychology from its early beginnings. But what
exactly are attitudes, where do they come from, and how can they be modified? The overall …

This landmark volume offers a collection of conceptual papers and data-based research
studies that investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex …

Entropy, a concept derived from thermodynamics and information theory, describes the
amount of uncertainty and disorder within a system. Self-organizing systems engage in a …

Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension aims to systematically investigate how readers
interpret reading tasks within a situation, and how that interpretation influences reading …

RESUMO O uso das técnicas bibliométricas é uma prática frequente nas pesquisas em
ciências sociais aplicadas. Sua aplicação auxilia no entendimento de novas temáticas …

Purpose—a cognitive process that defines life goals and provides personal meaning—may
help explain disparate empirical social science findings. Devoting effort and making …

While there is a growing body of research on free thoughts such as fantasies and
daydreams, the question of whether and how fantasies lead to effortful action and successful …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

Though human beings embody a unique ability for planned behavior, they also often act
impulsively. This insight may be important for the study of self-control situations in which …