Mar 6 Goal Setting and Comparison Processes

Goal Setting Reading

Self-Regulation through Goal Setting. Schunk, Dale H.  ERIC Digest

For PhD students, and others who are curious, a more academic review article: 

Building a Practically Useful Theory of Goal Setting and Task Motivation : A 35-Year Odyssey,  By: Locke, Edwin A., Latham, Gary P., American Psychologist, 0003066X, September 1, 2002, Vol. 57, Issue 9. Available online

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Ling2005: Ling, K., Beenen, G., Ludford, P., Wang, X., Chang, K., Li, X., Cosley, D., Frankowski, D., Terveen, L., Rashid, A. M., Resnick, P., and Kraut, R. (2005). Using social psychology to motivate contributions to online communities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 10(4), article 10. [available here ]

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Social Comparison Jerry Suls, Rene Martin, and Ladd Wheeler. Social Comparison: Why, With Whom, and With What Effect? Current Directions in Psychological Science. [See attached file.]

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Bolton and Ockenfels (2000) ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition. American Economic Review, March 2000, 90(1) pp. 166-193. [available here]

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Charness and Rabin (2002) Understanding Social Preferences with Simple Tests. Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2002, 117(3) pp. 817-869. See attachment.

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Mussweiler2003 Mussweiler, Thomas, Comparison Processes in Social Judgment : Mechanisms and Consequences. Psychological Review, Vol. 110(3), July 2003. pp. 472-489. [available here ]

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