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positive fantasies: a standalone construct

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Motivation science

idealized images of a desired future that, unlike positive expectations based on past experience, predict lower effort and success.

In motivation science, positive fantasies refers to idealized images of a desired future that, unlike positive expectations based on past experience, predict lower effort and success. This meaning comes from Oettingen (2002) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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experience4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs effort2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs future3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2002). The motivating function of thinking about the future: Expectations versus fantasies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(5), 1198-1212. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.83.5.1198

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