Reaching for the future: The education-focused possible selves of low-income mothers

This chapter describes the educational possible selves of low-income mothers as they make the transition from welfare to work.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56083/1/255_ftp.pd

Identity-Based Motivation: Implications for Action-Readiness, Procedural-Readiness, and Consumer Behavior

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Identity‐based motivation and consumer behavior

Choices are often identity‐based yet the identity‐to‐choice link is not necessarily obvious for reasons articulated by the identity‐based motivation model (Oyserman, D. (2009). Identity‐based motivation: Implication for action‐readiness, procedural readiness and consumer behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology). Specifically, which identities are salient and what identities mean in the moment are highly dependent on situational cues. Though they feel stable, identities are dynamically shaped by situational affordances and constraints and this shaping process can occur without conscious awareness. This implies that product use, including use of utilitarian products, can become identity‐based, as can both self‐constructive and self‐destructive choices. Over time, broader identities are more likely to be cued than more narrow ones, though any identity can be cued in the right circumstances. The commentaries apply the model to culture‐contingent effects of power (Shavitt, S., Torelli, C. & Wong, J. (2009). Identity‐based motivation: Constraints and opportunities in consumer research. Journal of Consumer Psychology), charitable giving (Aaker, J. & Akutsu, S. (2009). Why do people give? The role of identity in giving. Journal of Consumer Psychology), and the consequences of salient identities for self‐constructive vs. self‐destructive choices (Kirmani, A. (2009). The self and the brand. Journal of Consumer Psychology) and this commentary addresses some of the questions they raise.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141517/1/jcpy276.pd

Incentivizing Education: Seeing Schoolwork as an Investment, Not a Chore

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African American Identity in Adolescence

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When Message-Frame Fits Salient Cultural-Frame, Messages Feel More Persuasive

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Seeing the Destination AND the Path: Using Identity‐Based Motivation to Understand and Reduce Racial Disparities in Academic Achievement

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Individualism, Autonomy and Self-Expression: The Human Development Syndrome

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The Possible Selves of Diverse Adolescents: Content and Function Across Gender, Race and National Origin

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Identity-Based Motivation: Implications for Intervention

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