Mechanisms of Self-Regulation: A Systems View

1993/01/01 by Paul Karoly · 1,096 citations
Computer Science · Psychology · #Cognitive Science and Mapping #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Developmental psychology #Psychology #Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.ps.44.020193.000323

published in Annual Review of Psychology 44(1), 23-52 (Annual Reviews)

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION ... . .. . .. . .. . .. . ...... .. . .. . ....... ....... . . .. . .. . .. . ......... . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . .. . .... ... . . .. . . . . . ... 23 PARADIGM VARIATIONS AND BASIC MODELS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Procedural, Epistemic, and Conceptual Divergence 26 Goal Selection 27 Goal Cognition 28 Strategic, On-Line Goal Coordination: The Systems Base 29 PROXIMAL VOLITIONAL REGULATORS. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Goal (Standard) Setting . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Self-Monitoring 33 The Activation and Use of Standards 34 Discrepancy Detection, SelJ�Evaluative Judgment, Self-Consequation 35 The Implementation of Discrepancy-Reduction Skills 36 Self-Ef icacy ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 METASKlLLS AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ... . .. . . ... . . ...... ... ... ... ... ... . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ....... . .. . 38 Metaskills 39 Boundary Conditions 4 1 SELF-REGULATORY FAILURE: CONCEPTS AND DYNAMICS . ... . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 FINAL COMMENT .. .. . ... .. . ... .. . ........ . .. . .. . . . . . . . ... ... .... . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . ... . . . ... ... ... ... . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... 44

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