APS
29th APS Annual Convention
The Perception of the Self in the Future: Affect, Cognition and Implications for Decision-Making
This symposium on the self in the future presents studies on affective forecasting, future possible selves, images and words that people use to represent themselves in the future, the consideration of future consequences and construal level theory. Implications for decision-making, health promotion and retirement planning are discussed.
Chairs & Discussants
- Martina RaueChair
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentations
- Affective Forecasting Improves Across the Life SpanLisa Zaval, Ye Li, Eric Johnson
- Imagine Being 70: Future Possible Selves and Planning for Older AgeMartina Raue, Lisa D'Ambrosio, Dana Ellis, Samantha Brady, Joseph Coughlin
- The Language of Retirement: A Lexical Survey on Perceptions of the FutureChaiwoo Lee, Joseph Coughlin
- Consideration of Future Consequences and Construal LevelEva Lermer, Fabian Stephan, Bernhard Streicher
