Must We Always Think Before We Act?
Personality and Social Psychology BulletinPublished 1 January 1976
Warren Thorngate
Citations76
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It is argued that the role of thought in social interaction has been overstressed. In view of the cost of thought and the redundancy of social interaction, it is argued that habit is a much more common determinant of social behaviour than cognition. Implications are discussed.
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