On the selection and balancing of multiple selfish goals.
The selfish goal metaphor is interesting and intriguing. It accounts for the idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies in peoples' goal pursuits without invoking free will, self-regulatory, or self-control failures. However, people pursue multiple goals, sometimes simultaneously. We argue that the model proposed in the target article may gain significant theoretical and practical value if the principles underlying goal selection and/or balancing on a moment-to-moment basis are clearly specified and integrated with the notion of the selfish goal.
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202. catalina.kopetz@wayne.edu http://clasweb.clas.wayne.edu/catalina-kopetz http://www.addiction.umd.edu/CAPERWebSite/CatalinaKopetz.html.
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University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. wilhelm.hofmann@uni-koeln.de http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/wilhelm-hofmann.html.
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Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.w.h.j.wiers@uva.nl http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/w/i/r.w.h.j.wiers/r.w.h.j.wiers.html.
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D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology*; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*