PSYC19H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Inzlicht & Berkman: Self-Control, Publication Bias, Ego Depletion
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Inzlicht & berkman 2015: six questions for the resource model of control (part 1) Root of goodness in people and society, ability to stay on task when our minds would rather wander. Allows people to hold off momentary desires to reach long term goals. Relates to desirable things such as health, happiness, academic achievement, financial stability and low levels of drug dependence and criminality. Known as willpower and its related to self-regulation. Refers to: set of mental processes that allow people to override thoughts, emotions or behaviours that compete with their central goals. When someone is trying to quit smoking enters a bar and sees his old acquaintances lighting up. Self- (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t is e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)ed as (cid:862)su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455) a(cid:448)ersi(cid:448)e(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:272)a(cid:374) lead people to hold i(cid:374) (inhibit or suppress) one set of desires or responses and replace the with a second set. This model casts self-control as an inner capacity that relies on some limited resource or fuel that exhausts with use.
