Goals play a central role in human cognition. However, computational theories of learning
and decision-making often take goals as given. Here, we review key empirical findings …

Control theory and other frameworks for understanding self-regulation suggest that
monitoring goal progress is a crucial process that intervenes between setting and attaining a …

Student-centered learning (SCL) identifies students as the owners of their learning. While
SCL is increasingly discussed in K-12 and higher education, researchers and practitioners …

Teachers' intrinsic motivation for teaching and students' intrinsic motivation for learning are
important contributors to effective teaching and learning, and exploring their relationships …

The goal congruity perspective provides a theoretical framework to understand how
motivational processes influence and are influenced by social roles. In particular, we invoke …

A meta-analysis assessed the behavioral impact of and psychological processes associated
with presenting words connected to an action or a goal representation. The average and …

Transactive goal dynamics (TGD) theory conceptualizes 2 or more interdependent people
as 1 single self-regulating system. Six tenets describe the nature of goal interdependence …

Objectives: Health behavior theories focus on the role of conscious, reflective factors (eg,
behavioral intentions, risk perceptions) in predicting and changing behavior. Dual-process …

Behavioral mimicry—the automatic imitation of gestures, postures, mannerisms, and other
motor movements—is pervasive in human interactions. The current review focuses on two …

Four experiments examined the effect on achievement motivation of mere belonging, a
minimal social connection to another person or group in a performance domain. Mere …