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goal contagion: a standalone construct

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Motivation science

the automatic adoption of a goal inferred from another person's behavior, which then guides one's own action.

In motivation science, goal contagion refers to the automatic adoption of a goal inferred from another person's behavior, which then guides one's own action. This meaning comes from Aarts (2004) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Aarts, H., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Hassin, R. R. (2004). Goal Contagion: Perceiving Is for Pursuing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.87.1.23

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