PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Water Bottle, Social Support, State Implementation Plan

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 471
• Professor: Richard Koestner

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Model of self-(cid:272)o(cid:374)trol that"s esse(cid:374)tial to (cid:449)hether (cid:449)e rea(cid:272)h our goals or (cid:374)ot: clear standards, monitoring our behaviour, being aware of our self-control limitations. Today, we will zero in on the fact that our self-control is limited, so we have to find ways to overcome those limitations. Social support is i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t, (cid:271)ut there"s a disti(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)een different kinds of social support. Making it public: don taylor found that it helped him stick to his goal: may make you feel accountable, but it could also make you feel pressured and harassed. Our self-control capacities are finite: most of us are at our max level of self-control usage in our everyday lives. January 10th (cid:373)ay (cid:271)e a hard ti(cid:373)e to set (cid:374)e(cid:449) goals. Be(cid:272)ause life is just a little diffi(cid:272)ult, it"s (cid:449)i(cid:374)ter a(cid:374)d (cid:449)e"re goi(cid:374)g (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to s(cid:272)hool. We"(cid:448)e had a fe(cid:449) (cid:449)eeks of (cid:271)reak (cid:449)here (cid:449)e did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:449)orry about self-control.