The Sense of Commitment: A Minimal Approach

Frontiers in Psychology
John MichaelGünther Knoblich

Abstract

This paper provides a starting point for psychological research on the sense of commitment within the context of joint action. We begin by formulating three desiderata: to illuminate the motivational factors that lead agents to feel and act committed, to pick out the cognitive processes and situational factors that lead agents to sense that implicit commitments are in place, and to illuminate the development of an understanding of commitment in ontogeny. In order to satisfy these three desiderata, we propose a minimal framework, the core of which is an analysis of the minimal structure of situations which can elicit a sense of commitment. We then propose a way of conceptualizing and operationalizing the sense of commitment, and discuss cognitive and motivational processes which may underpin the sense of commitment.

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Citations

Apr 6, 2016·Frontiers in Psychology·John Michael
May 17, 2017·Child Development·Ulrike KachelMichael Tomasello
Mar 1, 2018·Scientific Reports·B TarrE Cohen
Mar 12, 2019·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Henry Powell, John Michael
Aug 8, 2018·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Peta F MillsPeter E Keller
Jan 23, 2018·The Behavioral and Brain Sciences·John MichaelWayne Christensen
Dec 20, 2018·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·Yingjia WanMichael K Tanenhaus
Dec 8, 2017·International Journal of Social Robotics·John Michael, Alessandro Salice
Oct 26, 2018·Scientific Reports·Matthew Chennells, John Michael
Mar 22, 2021·Journal of Psychiatric Research·John MichaelP Read Montague
Jul 17, 2021·Frontiers in Psychology·Henning Nörenberg

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