TY - JOUR
T1 - Mindsets and pre-conscious open-mindedness to incidental information
AU - Fujita, Kentaro
AU - Gollwitzer, Peter M.
AU - Oettingen, Gabriele
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, and the Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Intention and Intentionality at the University of Konstanz. Thanks go to Suah Lee, Susan Nacorda, and Julia Travis for their assistance in data collection. Special thanks also go to K.C. McCulloch for extensive discussion of ideas. Members of the NYU Motivation Lab provided valuable feedback on an earlier version of this paper.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Mindset theory (Gollwitzer, 1990) proposes that deliberative mindsets are marked by more open-minded processing of information, whereas implemental mindsets are characterized by more closed-minded processing. Accordingly, deliberative and implemental mindsets should differ in selective processing of incidental information when performing a central task. In three experiments, participants in deliberative and implemental mindsets performed a computer task while randomly presented incidental, unavoidable words. A subsequent recognition memory test assessed selective processing of these incidental words. Results revealed that deliberative mindsets led to superior recognition memory, suggesting increased open-mindedness to processing incidental information. Implications for mindset and goal theories are discussed.
AB - Mindset theory (Gollwitzer, 1990) proposes that deliberative mindsets are marked by more open-minded processing of information, whereas implemental mindsets are characterized by more closed-minded processing. Accordingly, deliberative and implemental mindsets should differ in selective processing of incidental information when performing a central task. In three experiments, participants in deliberative and implemental mindsets performed a computer task while randomly presented incidental, unavoidable words. A subsequent recognition memory test assessed selective processing of these incidental words. Results revealed that deliberative mindsets led to superior recognition memory, suggesting increased open-mindedness to processing incidental information. Implications for mindset and goal theories are discussed.
KW - Action phases
KW - Mindsets
KW - Selective information processing
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.12.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750997009
SN - 0022-1031
VL - 43
SP - 48
EP - 61
JO - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
IS - 1
ER -