Individual Differences in the Context‐Dependent Recruitment of Cognitive Control: Evidence From Action Versus State Orientation

摘要: The ability to flexibly adapt deviations from optimal performance is an important aspect of self-control. In the present study, authors first evidence that personality trait action versus state orientation (Kuhl, 2000) modulates adaptive control adjustments in response experienced conflicts. Sixty-two German individuals with extreme scores on action-state dimension performed a interference task, is, 31 action-oriented (30 females; Mage  = 20.35 years) and state-oriented (20  = 23.23 years), respectively. Action-oriented displayed stronger conflict adaptation effect as evidenced by reduction trials following conflict. These results were further corroborated correlational analysis including sample 105 participants: higher score dimension, lower (i.e., adaptation). provide even low-level, bottom-up-driven processes self-control such are systematically moderated individual differences modes insights into cognitive mechanisms underlying orientation.