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ACTION IDENTIFICATION

Book Chapters:

Wegner, D. M., & Vallacher, R. R. (1986).  Action identification.  In R. M. Sorrentino & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition: Foundations of social behavior (pp. 550‑582).  New York: Guilford Press.

Vallacher, R. R. (1989).  Action identification as theory and metatheory.  In D. W. Schumann (Ed.), Proceedings of the Society for Consumer Psychology (pp. 63‑68).  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Vallacher, R. R. (1993).  Mental calibration: Forging a working relationship between mind and action.  In D. M. Wegner & J. W. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of mental control (pp. 443‑472). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall.

Vallacher, R. R., & Kaufman, J. (1996).  Dynamics of action identification: Volatility and structure in the representation of behavior.  In P. M. Gollwitzer & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking motivation and cognition to behavior (pp. 260-282).  New York: Guilford Press.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Markus, J., & Strauss, J. (1998).  Dynamics in the coordination of mind and action.  In M. Kofta, G. Weary, & G. Sedek (Eds.), Personal control in action: Cognitive and motivational mechanisms (pp. 27-59).  New York: Plenum.

Vallacher, R. R. & Wegner, D. M. (2000).  What do people think they’re doing? Action identification and human behavior.  In E. T. Higgins & A. W. Kruglanski (Eds.), Motivational science: Social and personality perspectives (pp. 215-228).  Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.  (Reprinted from Vallacher, R. R. & Wegner, D. M. (1987), Psychological Review, 94, 3-15.)

Vallacher, R. R. (in press).  Action identification theory.  In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Journal Articles:

Wegner, D. M., Vallacher, R. R., Macomber, G., Wood, R., & Arps, K. (1984).  The emergence of action.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 269‑279.

Wegner, D. M., Vallacher, R. R., Kiersted, G. W., & Dizadji, D. M. (1986).  Action identification in the emergence of social behavior.  Social Cognition, 4, 18‑38.

Vallacher, R. R., & Wegner, D. M. (1987).  What do people think they're doing?  Action identification and human behavior.  Psychological Review, 94, 3‑15.

Wegner, D. M., & Vallacher, R. R. (1987).  The trouble with action.  Social Cognition, 5, 179‑190.

Vallacher, R. R., Wegner, D. M., & Frederick, J. (1987).  The presentation of self through action identification.  Social Cognition, 5, 301‑322.

Vallacher, R. R., Wegner, D. M., & Somoza, M. P. (1989).  That's easy for you to say: Action identification and speech fluency.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 199‑208.

Wegner, D. M., Vallacher, R. R., & Dizadji, D. M. (1989).  Do alcoholics know what they're doing?  Identifications of the act of drinking.  Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 10, 197‑210.

Vallacher, R. R., & Wegner, D. M. (1989).  Levels of personal agency: Individual variation in action identification.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 660‑671.

Vallacher, R. R., & Selz, K. (1991).  Who's to blame?  Action identification in allocating responsibility for alleged rape.  Social Cognition, 9, 194‑219.

Vallacher, R. R., Wegner, D. M., McMahan, S. C., Cotter, J., & Larsen, K.  A. (1992).  On winning friends and influencing people: Action identification and self‑presentation success.  Social Cognition, 10, 335‑355.

Vallacher, R. R. (1992).  Come back to the future.  Psychological Inquiry, 3, 348-350.