TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - What you want (and do not want) affects what you see (and do not see): avoidance social goals and social events
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Strachman, Amy
A1  - Gable, Shelly L.
SP  - 1446
EP  - 1458
VL  - 32
IS  - 11
N2  - Two studies examined the influence of approach and avoidance social goals on memory for and evaluation of ambiguous social information. Study 1 found that individual differences in avoidance social goals were associated with greater memory of negative information, negatively biased interpretation of ambiguous social cues, and a more pessimistic evaluation of social actors. Study 2 experimentally manipulated social goals and found that individuals high in avoidance social motivation remembered more negative information and expressed more dislike for a stranger in the avoidance condition than in the approach condition. Results suggest that avoidance social goals are associated with emphasizing potential threats when making sense of the social environment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167206291007
ID  - ref1
ER  -