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Self-control in animals and people /
"Self-control in animals and people takes an interdisciplinary look at what self-control is, how it works, and whether humans are alone as a species in their ability to demonstrate self-control. the book outlines historical and recent empirical approaches to understanding when self-control succ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is self-control and what is it good for?
- Varieties of self-control
- Human intertemporal choices: choosing between now and later
- Intertemporal choices by nonhuman animals
- Children's delay of gratification: how long would you wait for marshmallows?
- The reversed-reward contingency task
- why pointing away from what you want is so difficult for animals
- Would Animals Pass a Version of the marshmallow test?
- How do we know whether we are measuring self-control? Methodological concerns lead to a new test
- Is self-control like a muscle?
- Do animals flex their own self-control "muscle"?
- Are animal tests of self-control all measuring the same thing?
- Self-control and social settings
- Mental time travel: what is it, and how does it relate to self-control?
- Worth waiting for: final thoughts on self-control and the future of future-oriented research with people and animals.