University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2010 Jan;98(1):16-28. doi: 10.1037/a0017422.
Two important forces in human behavior are action and inaction. Although action and inaction are commonly associated with the presence and the absence of behavioral activity, they can also be represented as information processing goals. Action (inaction) goals influence decision effort and increase satisfaction with environments that are structured to allow for more (less) processing (Studies 1 and 2). This increased satisfaction can transfer to the decision (Study 3) and can increase the intent to perform a decision-congruent behavior (Studies 4 and 6). Finally, the author shows escalation of action and inaction goals when they are not achieved (Study 5) and rebound of the alternative goal when the focal goal is achieved (Study 6).
人类行为的两个重要力量是行动和不作为。尽管行动和不作为通常与行为活动的存在和不存在相关联，但它们也可以被表示为信息处理目标。行动（不作为）目标影响决策努力，并增加对环境的满意度，这些环境被结构化以允许更多（更少）的处理（研究 1 和 2）。这种满意度的增加可以转移到决策（研究 3）中，并可以增加执行与决策一致的行为的意图（研究 4 和 6）。最后，作者展示了当行动和不作为目标未实现时目标升级（研究 5），以及当焦点目标实现时替代目标反弹（研究 6）的情况。
