PSYC 471 Chapter Notes -Binge Eating, Procrastination, Anatomical Terms Of Motion
9 Dec 2011
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Patterns of self-regulatory failure: underregulation: occurs because of deficient standards, inadequate monitoring or inadequate strength, misregulation: occurs because of false assumptions or misdirected efforts, especially an unwarranted emphasis on emotion. Evidence supports a strength model of self-regulation and suggests that people often accept losing control. Self-regulatory failure: occurs because of loss of control of attention, failure of transcendence or various lapse-activated causes. Crime, teen pregnancy, alcoholism, drug adduction, stds, educational underachievement, gambling and domestic violence are among the social problems that revolve around the apparent inability of many individuals to discipline and control themselves. Moreover, there are many additional problems with self- regulation that cause considerable suffering to individuals even if they do not menace society at large (ex: eating binges, procrastination). One of the most elusive, important and distinctively human traits is the capacity of human beings to alter their own responses and thus remove them from the direct effects of immediate, situational stimuli.
