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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Going with Plan B: Can Backup Plans Undermine Goal Performance in Adolescence?

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Developmental

  • Bethany Hoff
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Madison Sewell
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Christopher Napolitano
    University of Zurich

Abstract

People create their own development through goals. To address uncertainty in goal attainment, people develop backup plans (BUPs). However, investment and use of these BUPs can threaten goal pursuit. The purpose of this work is to explore the role of BUPs in adolescence on an experimental motor-skills task.

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