W10 Self control

Question 1

Self Control

Answer 1

Control of Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions

also known as
Impulse Control
Emotion Regulation
Executive Function

Question 2

Executive Functions (EF)

Answer 2

• Monitoring and Control of thought, action, and
  emotion, to effectively achieve one’s goals
• EFs are the cognitive skills needed for self-control

Question 3

Why are they are called
Executive Functions?

Answer 3

They describe a group of cognitive abilities that help
us organize information to make good decisions

Question 4

Inhibition:

Answer 4

the ability to restrain oneself from performing a particular action

Question 5

Task Switching:

Answer 5

the ability to quickly change from one task (or from one goal) to another

Question 6

Working Memory:

Answer 6

the ability to hold information in one’s mind while also engaging in some effort to monitor or manipulate those items

Question 7

Planning:

Answer 7

the ability to mentally represent future events to guide future action

Question 8

Attentional Control:

Answer 8

the ability to regulate and direct your own attention

Question 9

Emotion Regulation:

Answer 9

the ability to manage emotions to better control behaviour and reach our goals

Question 10

Dunedin Multidisciplinary
Health & Development Study

Answer 10

Does EF during childhood predict health/behaviour/well-being outcomes in adulthood?

Longitudinal Study:
The same participants are measured at multiple
points during their lives (1972 - 2005)

Question 11

The Marshmallow Test

Answer 11

Walter Mischel (1930 - 2018)

Question 12

What Factors Affect
Development of EF?

Answer 12

• Brain Maturing
• Culture
• Parenting (Modeling Behaviours)
• Environmental - Contingencies