Four experiments by Jo A. Sasota of the University of Michigan examine the social-cognitive mechanisms linking mental construal levels to self-control. The work investigates how high-level construals keep goals cognitively accessible and moderate automatic associations between temptations and goals. Data likely contains experimental results supporting the hypothesis that high-level construals promote self-control through specific cognitive processes.
Use Cases
- Modeling the relationship between construal level and automatic goal activation based on experimental findings.
- Analyzing the inhibition of temptations by goals under different mental construals as described in Studies 3 and 4.
- Investigating the cognitive accessibility of global concerns versus local concerns as a mechanism for self-control.
Strengths
- Data is derived from four distinct experiments, providing multiple tests of the core hypothesis.
- The description details specific findings, such as automatic goal activation occurring at high but not low construal levels.
- Dataset has an Open Access (green) license, facilitating reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- University of Michigan
- Collection Method
- Experimental psychology studies, likely involving behavioral tasks and measures.