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An analysis of future orientation and some of its social determinants

G. Trommsdorff H. Lamm

pp. 343-361

Abstract

Time will be understood here from an internal point of view, that is, as a person's subjective experience. The psychological experience of time contains the experience of the past, the present and the future. This experience can be cognitively represented in the mind of a person; thus, cognitive abilities and intellectual training would be relevant for the way a person conceives of time. Furthermore, the motivational structure of a person determines the experience of time to some extent; past, present and future contain events which are more or less desirable for a person. Hence, the motivational tendency to approach or to avoid specific events is relevant for a person's psychological experience of the future.

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Fraser J T, Lawrence Nathaniel (1975) The study of time II: proceedings of the second conference of the International society for the study of time, Lake Yamanaka-Japan. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 343-361

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50121-0_26

Full citation:

Trommsdorff G., Lamm H. (1975) „An analysis of future orientation and some of its social determinants“, In: J.T. Fraser & Lawrence (eds.), The study of time II, Dordrecht, Springer, 343–361.