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Action Control

From Cognition to Behavior

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Julius Kuhl

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für psychologische Forschung, München 40, Germany

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  2. Jürgen Beckmann

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für psychologische Forschung, München 40, Germany

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Social Psychology (SSSOC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Introduction and Overview

      • Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann
      Pages 1-8

  3. Cognitive and Motivational Determinants of Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. From Intentions to Actions: A Theory of Planned Behavior

      • Icek Ajzen
      Pages 11-39

    3. Knowing What to Do: On the Epistemology of Actions

      • Arie W. Kruglanski, Yechiel Klar
      Pages 41-60

    4. The Pursuit of Self-Defining Goals

      • Peter M. Gollwitzer, Robert A. Wicklund
      Pages 61-85

  4. Self-Regulatory Processes and Action Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Historical Perspectives in the Study of Action Control

      • Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann
      Pages 89-100

    3. Volitional Mediators of Cognition-Behavior Consistency: Self-Regulatory Processes and Action Versus State Orientation

      • Julius Kuhl
      Pages 101-128

    4. Dissonance and Action Control

      • Jürgen Beckmann, Martin Irle
      Pages 129-150

    5. Action Control and the Coping Process

      • Claudia Herrmann, Camille B. Wortman
      Pages 151-180

  5. Problem-Solving and Performance Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Mechanisms of Control and Regulation in Problem Solving

      • Rainer H. Kluwe, Gunnar Friedrichsen
      Pages 183-218

    3. Thinking and the Organization of Action

      • Dietrich Dörner
      Pages 219-235

    4. A Control-Systems Approach to the Self-Regulation of Action

      • Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier
      Pages 237-265

    5. From Cognition to Behavior: Perspectives for Future Research on Action Control

      • Julius Kuhl
      Pages 267-275

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 277-288
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About this book

"It is not thought as such that can move anything, but thought which is for the sake of something and is practical." This discerning insight, which dates back more than 2000years to Aristotle, seems to have been ignored by most psycholo­ gists. For more than 40years theories of human action have assumed that cogni­ tion and action are merely two sides of the same coin. Approaches as different as S-O-R behaviorism,social learning theory, consistency theories,and expectancy­ value theories of motivation and decision making have one thing in common: they all assume that "thought (or any other type of cognition) can move any­ thing," that there is a direct path from cognition to behavior. In recent years, we have become more and more aware of the complexities in­ volved in the relationship between cognition and behavior. People do not always do what they intend to do. Aside from several nonpsychological factors capable of reducing cognition-behavior consistency, there seems to be a set of complex psychological mechanisms which intervene between action-related cognitions, such as beliefs, expectancies, values, and intentions,and the enactment of the be­ havior suggested by those cognitions. In our recent research we have focused on volitional mechanismus which presumably enhance cognition-behavior consistency by supporting the main­ tenance of activated intentions and prevent them from being pushed aside by competing action tendencies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für psychologische Forschung, München 40, Germany

    Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Action Control

  • Book Subtitle: From Cognition to Behavior

  • Editors: Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Social Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69746-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-69748-7Published: 25 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69746-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 288

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Sciences

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