Social Psychology - Willpower
Job et al. (relationship between people's beliefs about willpower and ego depletion) this study supports both models of willpower
belief about willpower reflects if they are depleted or not this is all in your head - people who believe willpower is unlimited, behave like it is people who believe willpower is limited, behave like it is
Delay of gratification (Moffitt et al. 2011 study)
children will try to delay gratification to get bigger satisfaction
The motivation Model
control feels costly it is applied when benefits outweigh costs feels costly because of limited bandwidth the more you work, the more costly it feels
people that wait
dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex - system 2 thinking
Danziger, Levav, Avaim-pesso 2011 study
ego depletion and parole decisions use willpower throughout the day, take a break eat some glucose, and then willpower will bounce back
prudents - under cognitive load
it didn't matter, did a pretty good job of resisting temptation
impulsives - under cognitive role
much more likely to give into temptation
Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Muraven &Tice
participants who had to eat the radishes used a lot of their willpower then had participants try to unscramble words that cannot make words ------ show that willpower is a muscle that can used up
Galliott et al. study in 2007 (relationship between glucose and willpower)
self-control relies on glucose
life outcomes
some kids had health problems and financial problems - the individuals who was bad at delaying gratification good - successful in life
What is temporal discounting?
something becomes less to us as they move further into the future
Ego Depletion
the idea that self-control and willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up
choose a reward.....this part of the brain is activated (early)
ventral striatum
Impulsive vs. prudents
weak willpower is people who are impulsive and prudents are people with strong willpower
Resource Model of Will Power
willpower is a limited resource it gets exhausted like a muscle can be strengthened like a muscle glucose is the resource
