Researchers from the Dept of Psychology at York University in Toronto find that imagining future success does indeed enhance people’s motivation to achieve success, and that third-person imagery does this more effectively than first person.
Three studies from the realm of academic motivation supported this conclusion, and further indicated that people feel more motivated to succeed on a future task when they visualize its successful completion from a third-person rather than a first-person perspective. The investigators hypothesize that third-person imagery boosts motivation by prompting students to construe their success abstractly and to perceive it as more important.
Citation: Vasquez NA, Buehler R. Seeing future success: does imagery perspective influence achievement motivation? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2007 Oct; 33 (10): pages 1392-405. noeliav@yorku.ca
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