Do you have a voting plan? Implementation intentions, voter turnout, and organic plan making

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Nickerson, David W ^a   Rogers, Todd ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Analyst Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation intentions; Nudges; Self prediction; Voting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REMINDER SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 77951285464     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609359326     Document Type: Article

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