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Self-regulation: Self-regulation in psychology refers to the ability to control and manage one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It involves processes like impulse control, goal setting, and emotional regulation. See also Emotion, Behavior, Goals, Cognition._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gerald Matthews on Self-Regulation - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 419 Self-regulation/personality traits/psychology/Matthews: theories [of self-regulation] suppose that behaviour is driven by self-representations that activate goals such as reducing a perceived discrepancy between actual and ideal status. In the performance context, the person is typically motivated to maintain some personally acceptable level of performance, to maintain self-esteem and a sense of control and to appear competent to others. (e.g., Carver and Scheier 2005(1); Wells and Matthews 1994(2)). Wells and Matthews (1994)(2) suggest that anxious persons’ tendencies to appraise task environments as threatening lead to increased monitoring for threat as a coping strategy. Thus, information-processing biases should be understood within the context of the different meanings that individuals ‘read into’ performance environments. >Information processing/Matthews, >Personality traits/Matthews, >Anxiety/Matthews, >Extraversion/Matthews. Corr I 420 The execution of skills is supported (or sometimes hindered) by self-regulative processes; e.g., extraverts are encouraged to practice their social skills by confidence in the outcome. 1. Carver, C. S. and Scheier, M. F. 2005. Engagement, disengagement, coping, and catastrophe, in A. J. Elliot and C. S. Dweck (eds.), Handbook of competence and motivation, pp. 527–47. New York: Guilford Press 2. Wells, A. and Matthews, G. 1994. Attention and emotion: a clinical perspective. Hove: Erlbaum Gerald Matthews, „ Personality and performance: cognitive processes and models“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Matthews, Gerald Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |