The Psychology of Thinking about the Future

Synopsis

Future-thinking: A Historical Perspective / Lucian Hölscher -- Future-thinking In Animals: Capacities And Limits / Jonathan Redshaw And Adam Bulley -- Varieties Of Future-thinking / Karl K. Szpunar, Sushmita Shrikanth, And Daniel L. Schacter -- Future-thinking In Young Children: How Do We Measure It And How Can We Optimize It? / Cristina Atance -- The Future Self / Hal E. Hershfield -- Counterfactual / Thinking / Kai Epstude -- Fantasy About The Future As Friend And Foe / Gabriele Oettingen And A. Timur Sevincer -- Expectations In The Academic Domain / Dale H. Schunk And Maria K. Dibenedetto -- Self-efficacy / James E. Maddux And Evan M. Kleiman -- Positive Future-thinking, Well-being, And Mental Health / Andrew K. Macleod And Rory C. O'connor -- Generalized Optimism / Charles S. Carver And And Michael F. Scheier -- Fluctuations In Future Outlooks: Unrealistic Optimism And Pessimism In Outcome Predictions / James A. Shepperd, Angelica Falkenstein, And Kate Sweeney --^ A Neuro-economist's Perspective On Thinking About The Future / Anna B. Konova And Paul W. Glimcher -- Anticipated Regret: A Prospective Emotion About The Future Past / Marcel Zeelenberg -- Thinking About The Future: A Construal Level Theory Perspective / Michael Gilead, Yaacov Trope, And Nira Liberman -- Perceiving Future Time Across Adulthood / Frieder R. Lang And Franziska Damm -- Planning Out Future Action, Affect, And Cognition / Peter M. Gollwitzer And Christina Crosby -- Mindsets Change The Imagined And Actual Future / Carol S. Dweck And David S. Yeager -- Long-range Thinking And Goal-directed Action / Edwin A. Locke -- The Effect Of Priming Goals On Organizational-related Behavior: My Transition From Skeptic To Believer / Gary P. Latham -- The Forward Rush: On Locomotors' Future Focus / Arie W. Kruglanski, Marina Chernikova, And Katarzyna Jasko -- Where I Ideally Want To Be Versus Where I Ought To Be: Regulatory Focus And The Future / James F. M. Cornwell And E. Tory Higgins --^ To Approach Or To Avoid: Integrating The Biopsychosocial Model Of Challenge And Threat With Theories From Affective Dynamics And Motivation Science / Jeremy P. Jamieson And Andrew J. Elliot -- Anticipating And Overcoming Unethical Temptation / Oliver J. Sheldon And Ayelet Fischbach -- The Road To Hell: An Overview Of Research On The Intention-behavior Gap / Paschal Sheeran And Thomas L. Webb -- Multiple Processes In Prospective Memory: Exploring The Nature Of Spontaneous Retrieval / Gilles O. Einstein, Mark A. Mcdaniel, And Francis T. Anderson -- The Planning Fallacy / Roger Buehler And Dale Griffin. Edited By Gabriele Oettingen, A. Timur Sevincer, Peter M. Gollwitzer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.