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The preceding chapters of this volume have presented theory and evidence regarding various processes intervening between cognition and action. We have seen how a traditional Expectancy x Value model of reasoned action can be elaborated to incorporate variables that moderate cognition-behavior correspondence (Ajzen, Chapter 2), and how an analysis of the processes underlying cognitive predictors of behavior can contribute to a fuller understanding of the cognition-behavior link (Kruglanski & Klar, Chapter 3). Moreover, whether or not a cognitive state results in action depends upon the type of goals activated at the time (Gollwitzer & Wicklund, Chapter 4), upon the efficiency of self-regulatory processes controlling the maintenance and protection of action-related cognitions (Chapters 5–8), and upon the processes underlying problem-solving and performance control (Chapters 9–11). Rather than summarizing the details of these chapters again (see Chapter 1 for a summary), we would like to reflect upon the more general lessons that can be learned from the analyses of various action-control processes.
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Kuhl, J. (1985). From Cognition to Behavior: Perspectives for Future Research on Action Control. In: Kuhl, J., Beckmann, J. (eds) Action Control. SSSP Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69746-3_12
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