ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science

A Goal-Directed Framework for Understanding and Remediating Various Types of Seemingly Maladaptive Behavior

Saturday, March 11, 2023 · Brussels, Belgium

Cognitive Science

This symposium brings together theoretical and empirical presentations on the utility of a goal-directed framework for understanding and changing seemingly maladaptive behavior. In addition to clarifying its core assumptions, the framework is applied to a variety of topics such as pro-environmental behavior, addiction, attachment problems, and burn-out.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jan De HouwerChair
    Ghent University

Presentations

  1. Towards a Goal-Directed Framework for Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior Causation Agnes Moors
  2. A Goal-Directed Framework to Understand Reluctances in Adopting Pro-Environmental BehaviorMassimo Köster
  3. Addiction: When Bad Habits Add up. Really?Xavier Noël
  4. A Goal-Directed Account of Psychological Suffering: Empirical Assessment of a New Perspective Yannick Boddez