Implicit Theories About Willpower Predict Self-Regulation and Grades in Everyday Life Veronika Job1, Gregory M. Walton2, Katharina Bernecker1, Carol S. Dweck2 1 University of Zurich 2 Stanford University Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, in press.Laboratory studies have shown that when people believe willpower is abundant, they exhibit better self-control after a demanding task -- this article attempts to assess the phenomenon in everyday life. Basic finding is that people with non-limited theory do indeed have more success and procrastinate less in everyday life.
Structure: students self-reported their schedules, activities, and whether they were focused on pro-academic behaviors or gave in to impulses. At the end of the quarter, where consent was obtained, their grades were compared against the results as well. Thinking about your abilities in a limited way seems to lead you to give up earlier than necessary. (Essentially, your belief structure becomes a cop-out.)
Findings: "Most pertinent to the present research, Job, Dweck, and Walton (2010) found that people’s implicit theories about willpower determined whether people showed ego depletion at all." This assertion appeared to be validated by the study.
No comments:
Post a Comment