Exam 13: The Self-Regulation Perspective

The idea of feedback control implies that self-regulation is never ending.

Identifying an action in high-level terms makes it easier to disregard immediate outcomes.

Identifying an action in__________ terms makes it easier to disregard immediate outcomes.

Lower levels in Powers' hierarchy system may sometimes be functionally superordinate over higher levels.

The belief that one has the personal capability to do the required action is:

The intention to reach a particular outcome is called a goal intention.

Self-directed attention is thought to engage:

The cognitive self-regulation perspective argues that therapy should be directed toward making the individual a better problem solver.

Simon argued that emotions play a relatively meaningless role in information processing.

People who are high in self-consciousness appear more random in their behavior than people low in self-consciousness.

After experiencing an interruption of action, Frank begins to consider how likely he is to reach his goal of finishing his term paper. If Frank has a positive expectancy, then we can expect him to:

Vallacher and Wegner suggest that when a person fixes a problem at a higher level, they begin to deal with issues at lower levels.

Setting high goals does not appear to influence performance.

When people are asked to describe themselves, they tend to describe:

Although they accomplish different goals, it is clear that the deliberative and implemental mindsets use the same regions of the brain to accomplish their functions.

In Simon's view emotions are an internal call to change priorities.

From the cognitive self-regulation perspective, assessment should emphasize:

Problems in self-management often arise because:

The hierarchical model suggests at least three ways for problems in self-regulation to arise. Identify these three ways.

When expectancies are __________individuals tend to disengage from further efforts.