Working Memory Capacity and Self-Regulatory Behavior: Toward an Individual Differences Perspective on Behavior Determination by Automatic Versus Controlled Processes

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 962-977

  Hofmann, Wilhelm ^a   Gschwendner, Tobias ^b   Friese, Malte ^c   Wiers, Reinout W ^d,e   Schmitt, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

automatic and controlled processes; dual process theories; self control; self regulation; working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 54949122465     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012705     Document Type: Article

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