When people learn aseries of actions of a character, their memory is strongly influenced, we suggest, by beUefs about that character's motives. Motives serve as schema for deciding the meaning of the actions, their importance, and their interconnections. In two experiments, subjects read and later remembered some dull activities of a character. Experimental subjects knew what this character was...

abstract : inflammatory external root resorption (ierr) is a pathological phenomenon of microbial origin. this stu dy reports a case of external apical inflammatory root resorption of maxillary incisors associated with periradicular lesions in a 22 year old female, which was successfully treated by one-visit root canal therapy (rct). radiographic investigation revealed periapical radiolucencies...

What is the reason for acquisitions? Till now, strategies related to the daily operations of the firm like increased sale, reduced cost or managerial ambitions have been the prevalent motive. However, a new dynamic motive, the competence explanation is emerging. The purpose of this paper is to develop the existing typology on acquisition motives with a combined approach of competence, resource ...

All picture stimuli described in this chapter are available upon request from the authors. Measuring implicit motives 2 Measuring implicit motives Over the past ten years, the field of personality psychology has seen a resurgence of interest in implicit motives, nonconscious motivational needs that orient, select, and energize behavior (McClelland, 1987). This renewed interest has led to signif...