Although error avoidance during learning appears to be the rule in American classrooms,
laboratory studies suggest that it may be a counterproductive strategy, at least for …

Regulatory engagement theory [Higgins, ET (2006). Value from hedonic experience and
engagement. Psychological Review, 113, 439–460.] proposes that value is a motivational …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

How can researchers and practitioners use regulatory fit theory to increase the effectiveness
of their attempts to change attitudes and behavior? In this article, we extract from the …

Four studies demonstrate the importance of self-regulatory mechanisms for understanding
risk-seeking behavior under loss. Findings suggest that risk seeking becomes a motivational …

In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced by situational cues (such as
the framing of an unrelated task) or primed influences people's likelihood to cross ethical …

Within GLOMOsys (the GLObal versus LOcal processing MOdel, a systems account) we
examine the functionalities of two processing systems that process information either …

Once controversial, the idea that people's motivations can influence their cognitions now
plays an important role in current research on thinking and reasoning. This chapter …

Regulatory focus theory was the child of selfdiscrepancy theory and the parent of regulatory
fit theory. As the child of self-discrepancy theory, it distinguishes between self-regulation in …

There are a number of theories that have discussed the importance of distinguishing
between levels of selfregulation. Different approaches have emphasized the importance of …