Moving from cognition to behavior: What the research says.
Authors:
- Russell E. JohnsonRJRussell E. Johnson
- Chu-Hsiang ChangCCChu-Hsiang Chang
- Robert G. LordRLRobert G. Lord
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Bulletin
- Vol. 132 (3) , 381-415
Abstract
In 1994, R. G. Lord and P. E. Levy proposed a variant of control theory that incorporated human information processing principles. The current article evaluates the empirical evidence for their propositions and updates the theory by considering contemporary research on information processing. Considerable support drawing from diverse literatures was found for propositions concerning the activation of goal-relevant information, the inhibition of goal-irrelevant information, and the consequences of goal completion. These effects were verified by meta-analytic analyses, which also supported the meaningfulness of such effects on the basis of their unstandardized magnitudes. The authors conclude by proposing new directions for this version of control theory by invoking recent theorizing on goal emergence and the importance of velocity and acceleration information for goal striving and by reviewing research in cognitive neuroscience.Keywords
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