Self-Regulation Flashcards
What is Self regulation?
The control of ones behavuour through the use of self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement
What is self-control?
The ability to restrain ones impulses and to be in command of ones behaviour
What is the basic formula for intentions?
Attitudes + Norms
Following through with intentions requires two sequential mindsets, what are they?
Deliberative Mindset (careful mindset used when deciding whether to take an action, careful, focused on the best choice)
Implemental mindset (Positively biased mindset thats used while implementing an intention to act)
What is a Negative feedback loop??
A self-regulating system that maintains conformity to some comparison value
What are the 4 parts of the negative feedback loop
A value
Input
Comparator
Output
The Feedback control system aassumes behaviour is _________.
Purposeful
What should self-directed attention do?
increase goal comparisons and realign behaviour in relation to the goal
Goals and Intentions create multiple layers of feedback loops, what is a feedback hierarchy?
An organization of feedback loops, where superordinate loops act by providing referehce values to subordinate loops
In Hierarchal organization, what are lower levels like?
They may take priority over higher levels
They may be shared across different higher levels
Lower levels of different goals can distrupt each other
Obstacles in Hierarchal organization might lead to negative emotions, which may unsettle _________ and ________.
Progress and Effort
What allows people to pursue similar yet different higher-level goals?
Partial disengagement
Emotions as a reflection of the status of self-regulation may lead to ____________.
Reorganization
Not all goals are approach based, some are _________ based
avoidance
