Self-regulation refers to the self's ability to control its own thoughts, emotions, and actions. Through self-regulation, we consciously control how much we eat, whether we give in to impulse, task performance, obsessive thoughts, and even the extent to which we allow ourselves recognition of our emotions. This work provides a synthesis and overview of recent and long-standing research findings of what is known of the successes and failures of self-regulation. People the world over suffer from the inability to control their finances, their weight, their emotions, their craving for drugs, their sexual impulses, and more. The United States in particular is regarded by some observers as a society addicted to addiction. Therapy and support groups have proliferated not only for alcoholics and drug abusers but for all kinds of impulse control, from gambling to eating chocolate. Common to all of these disorders is a failure of self-regulation, otherwise known as "self-control." The consequences of these self-control problems go beyond individuals to affect family members and society at large. In Losing Control, the authors provide a single reference source with comprehensive information on general patterns of self-regulation failure across contexts, research findings on specific self-control disorders, and commentary on the clinical and social aspects of self-regulation failure. Self-control is discussed in relation to what the "self" is, and the cognitive, motivational, and emotional factors that impinge on one's ability to control one's "self."

Losing Control: How and Why People Fail at Self-Regulation

Computers & Technology

Baumeister, Roy F.

Heatherton, Todd F.

Tice, Dianne M.

Networking & Cloud Computing

Academic Press

A new survey for introductory psychology courses, this text takes the reader on a tour of contemporary psychology. "Psychological Science" integrates the knowledge of brain scientists and psychologists to help understand the relationship between mental life and human behaviour. Contemporary principles and themes drive this narrative as it discusses ideas and findings in biological, cognitive, social, developmental, personality and clinical psychology.

Psychological Science: Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gazzaniga, Michæl S.

Psychology & Counseling

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Major principles and contemporary themes drive this narrative overview of the field touching on the latest ideas and findings in biological, cognitive, social, developmental, personality, and clinical psychology. Gazzaniga and Heatherton provide the latest insights on a wide array of topics and issues including the growth of children's minds, the ways we learn, the impact of serious head injuries on behavior, the reasons why we discriminate against one another, the possibility of changing our personalities, and the causes and treatments of psychological disorders.

Science & Math

Can Personality Change?

Mental Health

Amer Psychological Assn

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