PSY 333D Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Impulsivity, Frontal Lobe, Perseveration
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Self-control - ability to control emotions and behavior in the face of immediate temptations and impulses to be able to achieve a longer term goal. Different names: deferred rewards, self-control, self-regulation, self-discipline, executive control, delay of gratification, conscientiousness, effortful regulation. Requires exertion of will power - trying hard to not do something you really want to do. Human struggle more with conflicting desires than any other animal - we have more awareness to all the different alternatives of our behavior. Acting in a manner consistent with one"s global goals and values in the face of. Choosing to act in accordance with second-order desires (what i want to want) Smaller, more concrete, and proximal rewards . rather than first-order desires (what i want right now) Executive function - your ability to achieve your goal-oriented desires. Brain tools to remember and achieve goals, and respond to errors.
