Goals and everyday problem solving: Manipulating goal preferences in young and older adults

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1433-1443

  Hoppmann, Christiane A ^a   Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday problem solving; Future time perspective; Goals; Life span development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649249847     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020676     Document Type: Article

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