future-self - Concepts

Explore concepts tagged with "future-self"

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Concepts

Possible Selves - Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius's theory that motivation is driven by imagined future versions of oneself — who we hope to become, expect to become, and fear becoming.
Temporal Self-Appraisal - Anne Wilson and Michael Ross's theory that we strategically remember and rate our past and future selves to make our current self look as favorable as possible.