ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
When Your Goals Inspire My Goals: The Role of Effort, Personal Value, and Inference in Goal Contagion
- Hilmar Brohmer
University of Graz - Katja Corcoran
University of Graz - Lisa Eckerstorfer
University of Graz - Macher Silvia
University of Graz
Abstract
Just observing a fellow human being can inspire us to strive for the same goal as the other person. In a series of three experiments (total N = 812), we investigate personal goal value and the observed person’s effort as moderators of this goal contagion process.
Social Cognition
