Emotional Self-Control Measure
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A Emotional Self-Control Measure is an agent skill (for an emotional agent) that involves emotional impulses.
- AKA: Self Control.
- Context:
- It can produce a Self-Control Score (from low self-control to high self-control).
- Example(s):
- a Delay of Gratification Skill, such as Saving for Retirement.
- a Behavior Avoidance Skill, like an addict avoiding an addictive substance.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Empathy Skill.
- a Theory of Mind Skill.
- a Juggling Skill.
- See: Mindfulness, Cognitive Strategy, Anxiety, Desire (Emotion), Behavior Analysis, Executive Control.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/self-control Retrieved:2016-9-26.
- Self-control, an aspect of inhibitory control, is the ability to control one's emotions and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses. As an executive function, self-control is a cognitive process that is necessary for regulating one's behavior in order to achieve goals. A related concept in psychology is emotional self-regulation. Self-control is like a muscle. In the short term, overuse of self-control will lead to depletion. However, in the long term, the use of self-control can strengthen and improve over time. [1]
- ↑ Longitudinal Improvement of Self-Regulation Through Practice: Building Self-Control Strength Through Repeated Exercise. (Muraven, M., Baumeister, R. F., & Tice, D. M.)
1999
- (O'Donoghue & Rabin, 1999) ⇒ Ted O'Donoghue, and Matthew Rabin. (1999). “Doing It Now Or Later.” In: American Economic Review.
- QUOTE: We examine self-control problems -- modeled as time-inconsistent, present-biased preferences -- in a model where a person must do an activity exactly once. We emphasize two distinctions: Do activities involve immediate costs or immediate rewards, and are people sophisticated or naive about future self-control problems? … People are impatient - they like to experience rewards soon and to delay costs until later. Economists almost always capture impatience by assuming that people discount streams of utility over time exponentially.