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Mindsets and pre-conscious open-mindedness to incidental information |
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| Authors: | Kentaro Fujita Peter M. Gollwitzer Gabriele Oettingen |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, USA b Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany c Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| Abstract: | Mindset theory (Gollwitzer, 1990) proposes that deliberative mindsets are marked by more open-minded processing of information, whereas implemental mindsets are characterized by more closed-minded processing. Accordingly, deliberative and implemental mindsets should differ in selective processing of incidental information when performing a central task. In three experiments, participants in deliberative and implemental mindsets performed a computer task while randomly presented incidental, unavoidable words. A subsequent recognition memory test assessed selective processing of these incidental words. Results revealed that deliberative mindsets led to superior recognition memory, suggesting increased open-mindedness to processing incidental information. Implications for mindset and goal theories are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Mindsets Selective information processing Action phases |
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