APS

2022 APS Annual Convention

Making Goal Striving More Efficient: New Perspectives on Volition

Saturday, May 28, 2022 · Chicago, IL

Oral · Social

Considering intrapersonal and social processes involving manifest behavior and underlying physiology in both controlled settings and everyday life, this symposium presents fresh insights in a fundamental and highly important research topic: How people can efficiently strive for attaining their goals.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Guido GendollaChair
    University of Geneva

Presentations

  1. Delay Discounting As Goal Directed BehaviorCatalina Kopetz
  2. To and Fro: The Temporal Dynamics of an Action CrisisVeronika Brandstätter, Mirjam Ghassemi, Marcel Herrmann, Martin Bettschart, Benjamin Wolf, Antonia Kreibich
  3. Task Choice: An Immunizer Against Incidental Affective Influences on EffortGuido Gendolla, Johanna Falk, Peter Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen
  4. The Power of Collaborative Autonomy in Health-Care Contexts: Exploring the Mediating Role of Emotion RegulationRichard Koestner, Shelby Levine, Theodore Powers