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Mapping the goal space: Personality integration and higher-order goals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Jacob B. Hirsh
Jacob B. Hirsh*
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University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6, Canada. jacob.hirsh@utoronto.ca http://www.jacobhirsh.com
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Abstract

By situating goals at the heart of human cognitive function, Huang & Bargh (H&B) provide a useful platform for understanding the process of personality integration as the gradual mapping of implicit motives into a coherently organized self-system. This integrative process is a critical feature of human development that must be accounted for by any complete goal theory.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 144 - 145
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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