Chapter Overview .......................................................................................... 103 Goal Choice Terminology ............................................................................. 103 History of Goal Choice Research ................................................................. 105 The Goal Choice Phenomenon ..................................................................... 106

Dimensions of Goal Choice ................................................................. 106 Goal Domains ............................................................................ 106 Goal Dimensions ....................................................................... 107 Goal Attributes .......................................................................... 108 Goal Frames ............................................................................... 108

Goals, Plans, and Hierarchies ............................................................. 109 Antecedents of Conscious/Symbolic Goal-Level Choice ..........................111