Ego Depletion

Question 1

Self control vs Self regulation

Answer 1

continuous acting out of self control

overriding spontanious impulses that would lead to immediate satisfaction and dismissing of long term goals.

Question 2

self control strength model

limited resources model

Answer 2

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Question 3

Alter effects of self control

Answer 3

-> subsequent self control trials are less succesful than the prior once.

Question 4

study examples proving the effect of ego depletion

Answer 4

Baumeister et al.
Raddishes vs Cookies vs nothing

Question 5

Ego depletion due to emotion

Answer 5

Study sad video clip –> affect suppression leads to ego depletion, persistence on hand grip task was decreased.

Question 6

ego depletion due to failure

Answer 6

• dieters that failed in a self control task were more likely to break their diets.

Question 7

ego depletion process model

Answer 7

motivational and attentional shifts mediate self control failure

Question 8

Baumeisters arguments for ego depletion

Answer 8

• the phenomenon has been shown in his experiments
• the newer experiments that criticized the effect of ego depletion are not using the right set up of the experiment - have no construct validity.

Question 9

Arguments against ego depletion

Answer 9

• p hacking
• publication bias
• the effect was not found in the multilab study
• result could not be replicated
• effects were only observed indirectly through the sequential paradigm task
• the motivational approach does counteract the ego depletion phenomenon

Question 10

Underregulation

Answer 10

lack of standards, failure to monitor,
lack of strength to override your impulses

–> being unable to control yourself

Question 11

Misregulation

Answer 11

inapropriate goal setting
misunderstood contingencies
false assumptions
trying to control aspects that are uncontrollable
overprioritising affect regulation