The Trouble with Action

  • Wegner D
  • Vallacher R
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Discusses goal-directed behavior and the concept of action. It is suggested that compared with behavior, it is more likely that action (1) has obvious consequences, (2) is merely illusory, (3) is open to interpretational ambiguity, (4) is complicated by multiple psychological accompaniments, and (5) indicates the causal efficacy of human agency. These apparent impediments to the social-cognitive study of action may also be identified as challenges. Ways in which the trouble with action can promote a science of action are described. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

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Wegner, D. M., & Vallacher, R. R. (1987). The Trouble with Action. Social Cognition, 5(3), 179–190. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.1987.5.3.179

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