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    Relationship partners were hypothesized to trigger interpersonal goals that are then pursued nonconsciously, as merely thinking about a relationship partner can activate relevant goals without awareness. Qualitative research found people pursue different goals like achievement or helping depending on the type of relationship, such as with their mother or coworker. Experimental evidence demonstrated that priming participants with representations of their relationships led to goal-directed behaviors consistent with the goals typically associated with those relationships. This supports the idea that relationships representations contain interpersonal goals that guide behavior when activated, even without the partner present.

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    Relationship partners were hypothesized to trigger interpersonal goals that are then pursued nonconsciously, as merely thinking about a relationship partner can activate relevant goals without awareness. Qualitative research found people pursue different goals like achievement or helping depending on the type of relationship, such as with their mother or coworker. Experimental evidence demonstrated that priming participants with representations of their relationships led to goal-directed behaviors consistent with the goals typically associated with those relationships. This supports the idea that relationships representations contain interpersonal goals that guide behavior when activated, even without the partner present.

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    Thinking of you: Nonconscious pursuit of interpersonal goals associated with relationship partners.

    Fitzsimons, Gráinne M.; Bargh, John A.


    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 84(1), Jan 2003, 148-164. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.1.148
    ABSTRACT
    1. The mere psychological presence of relationship partners was hypothesized to trigger interpersonal goals that are then pursued
    nonconsciously. Qualitative data suggested that people tend to pursue different interpersonal goals within different types of
    relationships (e.g., mother, best friend, coworker). In several studies, priming participants' relationship representations produced
    goal-directed behavior (achievement, helping, understanding) in line with the previously assessed goal content of those
    representations. These findings support the hypothesis that interpersonal goals are component features of relationship
    representations and that mere activation of those representations, even in the partner's physical absence, causes the goals to
    become active and to guide behavior nonconsciously within the current situation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all
    rights reserved)

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