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Automatic Effects of Brand Exposure on Motivated Behavior: How Apple Makes You “Think Different” by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Chartrand, Tanya L., Fitzsimons, Gavan J.

“…This article first examines whether brand exposure elicits automatic behavioral effects as does exposure to social primes. Results support the translation of…”
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Power and the Pursuit of a Partner's Goals by Laurin, Kristin, Fitzsimons, Gráinne M, Finkel, Eli J, Carswell, Kathleen L, vanDellen, Michelle R, Hofmann, Wilhelm, Lambert, Nathaniel M, Eastwick, Paul W, Fincham, Frank D, Brown, Preston C

“…We investigated how power dynamics in close relationships influence the tendency to devote resources to the pursuit of goals valued by relationship partners,…”
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Thinking of You: Nonconscious Pursuit of Interpersonal Goals Associated With Relationship Partners by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M, Bargh, John A

“…The mere psychological presence of relationship partners was hypothesized to trigger interpersonal goals that are then pursued nonconsciously. Qualitative data…”
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Matching choices to avoid offending stigmatized group members by Liu, Peggy J., Campbell, Troy H., Fitzsimons, Gavan J., Fitzsimons, Gráinne M.

“…•We find that people make the same choice for self and stigmatized others.•We find this pattern across different stigmatized groups and choice contexts.•We…”
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Vicarious goal satiation by McCulloch, Kathleen C., Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Chua, Sook Ning, Albarracín, Dolores

“…A signature feature of self-regulation is that once a goal is satiated, it becomes deactivated, thereby allowing people to engage in new pursuits. The present…”
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Language and Interpersonal Cognition: Causal Effects of Variations in Pronoun Usage on Perceptions of Closeness by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Kay, Aaron C.

“…Four studies examined the hypothesis that subtle language variations can have a causal impact on perceptions of relationships. In interpersonal interactions,…”
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Transactive Goal Dynamics by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M, Finkel, Eli J, vanDellen, Michelle R

“…Transactive goal dynamics (TGD) theory conceptualizes 2 or more interdependent people as 1 single self-regulating system. Six tenets describe the nature of…”
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Lean in Messages Increase Attributions of Women's Responsibility for Gender Inequality by Kim, Jae Yun, Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Kay, Aaron C.

“…Although women's underrepresentation in senior-level positions in the workplace has multiple causes, women's self-improvement or "empowerment" at work has…”
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Devaluation Versus Enhancement of Attractive Alternatives: A Critical Test Using the Calibration Paradigm by Lydon, John E., Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Naidoo, Loren

“…The calibration paradigm was used to test the competing hypotheses that (a) commitment motivates unduly negative evaluations of attractive alternatives…”
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Divergent Effects of Activating Thoughts of God on Self-Regulation by LAURIN, Kristin, KAY, Aaron C, FITZSIMONS, Gráinne M

“…Despite the cultural ubiquity of ideas and images related to God, relatively little is known about the effects of exposure to God representations on behavior…”
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Close Relationships and Self-Regulation: How Relationship Satisfaction Facilitates Momentary Goal Pursuit by Hofmann, Wilhelm, Finkel, Eli J., Fitzsimons, Gráinne M.

“…In the new millennium, scholars have built a robust intersection between close-relationships research and self-regulation research. However, virtually no work…”
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Act with authority: Romantic desire at the nexus of power possessed and power perceived by Eastwick, Paul W., Wilkey, Brian M., Finkel, Eli J., Lambert, Nathaniel M., Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Brown, Preston C., Fincham, Frank D.

“…The social psychological literature and the evolutionary literature on power suggest different routes by which power might inspire romantic desire: the former…”
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How Goal Instrumentality Shapes Relationship Evaluations by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M, Shah, James Y

“…Findings from 6 experiments support the hypothesis that relationship evaluations and behavioral tendencies are goal dependent, reflecting the instrumentality…”
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Social Disadvantage and the Self-Regulatory Function of Justice Beliefs by Laurin, Kristin, Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Kay, Aaron C.

“…Five studies support the hypothesis that beliefs in societal fairness offer a self-regulatory benefit for members of socially disadvantaged groups…”
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Shifting Closeness: Interpersonal Effects of Personal Goal Progress by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M, Fishbach, Ayelet

“…In this article, we examine how the shifting motivational priority of personal goals affects relationship closeness. We hypothesize that people will draw…”
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Transactive-Goal-Dynamics Theory: A Discipline-Wide Perspective by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Finkel, Eli J.

“…Theories of goal pursuit typically conceptualize goal pursuers as isolated actors; in contrast, empirical research from diverse areas of psychology has…”
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Agency and Assistance in Transactive Goal Systems by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M.

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Outsourcing Self-Regulation by Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Finkel, Eli J.

“…Three studies demonstrate a novel phenomenon—self-regulatory outsourcing—in which thinking about how other people can be instrumental (i.e., helpful) for a…”
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Tying the Value of Goals to Social Class by Wingrove, Sara, Paek, Jessica Jee Won, Ponce de Leon, Rebecca, Fitzsimons, Gráinne M.

“…Although everyone strives toward valued goals, we suggest that not everyone will be perceived as doing so equally. In this research, we examine the tendency to…”
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A Functional Basis for Structure-Seeking: Exposure to Structure Promotes Willingness to Engage in Motivated Action by Kay, Aaron C., Laurin, Kristin, Fitzsimons, Gráinne M., Landau, Mark J.

“…A recurring observation of experimental psychologists is that people prefer, seek out, and even selectively "see" structure in their social and natural…”
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