PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Decision Fatigue, Cognitive Miser, Social Cognition
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Self-regulation: self"s capacity to alter its own responses. Self-regulation theory: how to succeed at dieting. State of depleted willpower caused by making decisions, which can affect subsequent decisions by failing to think carefully. Decrease other demands to increase strength for dieting. Acquired behavior that, if followed regularly, will become almost automatic. Occurs with relatively little control by the deliberate system. Habits can sustain the pursuit of goals. Self-control is often needed to break habits. Any action by which people bring failure, suffering, or misfortune on. Inability to delay gratification is one type of self-defeating behavior. Ability to delay gratification as a child turned into more successes as an adult. Social psychology: study of how people think and feel. Attitudes and motivations were the first to be studied. Social cognition: thinking by people about people and social relationships. Why people think, and why they don"t. Research shows people are lazy about thinking. Cognitive miser: reluctance to do extra thinking.
