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Book SynopsisTwenty years ago, a group of investigators joined forces to propose a new conceptual paradigm based on a cognitive approach to motivation. This approach, referred to as goal systems theory, offered a broad perspective on behavioral phenomena and inspired research programs in diverse domains of psychological science. This volume collects the rich body of insights and findings that the goal systemic approach has yielded over the last two decades. Using the major cognitive architectures of goal systems, leading researchers from some of the world''s most renowned universities push the envelopes of their respective fields to discover new psychological phenomena and relationships through applications. These include fundamental topics such as attitude-behavior relations, intrinsic motivation, consumer behavior, violent extremism, addiction, and interpersonal relations among others. In all those domains, applications of goal systemic analyses provide novel insights and guide real world interve
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Principles of Goal Systems Theory Chapter 1: New Developments in Goal Systems Theory Chapter 2: A Goal Systems Approach to Risk Behavior Chapter 3: The Means-Ends Fusion Model of Intrinsic Motivation Chapter 4: The Structure of Immersive and Engaging Activities: Insights From a Computational Model of Flow Chapter 5: The Temporal Dynamics of Goal Systems: How Goal Progress Changes the Drivers of Motivation Chapter 6: Paying for Goals and Means Chapter 7: Variety among Means: Advancing Understanding of Equifinality in Goal Systems Chapter 8: A Goal-Systemic Approach to Persuasion; Influencing Attitudes and Behavior Chapter 9: Needs Find a Way: Means Shifts, Domain Jumps, and Leaps of Faith Chapter 10: Problem Solving from a Goal Systems Perspective Chapter 11: Extremism and Extreme Personality Chapter 12: Political Behavior From the Perspective of Goal Systems Theory Chapter 13: The Interplay Between Goal Systems and Identities
