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PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN
Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 1446-1458Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206291007
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approach motivation; avoidance motivation; social memory; social motivation
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Two studies examined the influence of approach and avoidance social goals on memory for and evaluation of ambiguous social information. Study I found that individual differences in avoidance social goals were associated with greater memory of negative information, negatively biased interpretation of ambiguous social cues, and a more pessimistic evaluation of social actors. Study 2 experimentally manipulated social goals and found that individuals high in avoidance social motivation remembered more negative information and expressed more dislike for a stranger in the avoidance condition than in the approach condition. Results suggest that avoidance social goals are associated with emphasizing potential threats when making sense of the social environment.
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