{"product_id":"on-the-self-regulation-of-behavior-hardback-9780521572040","title":"On the Self-Regulation of Behavior (Hardback) 9780521572040","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Self-Regulation of Behavior\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription of human behavior which sees all behavior as aimed at attaining goals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles S. Carver (Author), Michael F. Scheier (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521572040, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 October 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages, 96 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16 x 3.1 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book presents a thorough overview of a model of human functioning based on the idea that behavior is goal-directed and regulated by feedback control processes. It describes feedback processes and their application to behavior, considers goals and the idea that goals are organized hierarchically, examines affect as deriving from a different kind of feedback process, and analyzes how success expectancies influence whether people keep trying to attain goals or disengage. Later sections consider a series of emerging themes, including dynamic systems as a model for shifting among goals, catastrophe theory as a model for persistence, and the question of whether behavior is controlled or instead 'emerges'. Three chapters consider the implications of these various ideas for understanding maladaptive behavior, and the closing chapter asks whether goals are a necessity of life. Throughout, theory is presented in the context of diverse issues that link the theory to other literatures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction and plan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Principles of feedback control\u003cbr\u003e 3. Discrepancy reducing feedback processes in behavior\u003cbr\u003e 4. Discrepancy enlarging loops, and three further issues\u003cbr\u003e 5. Goals and behavior\u003cbr\u003e 6. Goals, hierarchicality, and behavior: further issues\u003cbr\u003e 7. Public and private aspects of the self\u003cbr\u003e 8. Control processes and affect\u003cbr\u003e 9. Affect: issues and comparisons\u003cbr\u003e 10. Expectancies and disengagement\u003cbr\u003e 11. Disengagement: issues and comparisons\u003cbr\u003e 12. Applications to problems in living\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hierarchicality and problems in living\u003cbr\u003e 14. Chaos and dynamic systems\u003cbr\u003e 15. Catastrophe theory\u003cbr\u003e 16. Further applications to problems in living\u003cbr\u003e 17. Is behavior controlled or does it emerge?\u003cbr\u003e 18. Goal engagement, life and death.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The self, ego, identity, personality [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The self, ego, identity, personality\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20self,%20ego,%20identity,%20personality%20%5BJMS%5D%22\"\u003eJMS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004635500824,"sku":"9780521572040","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521572040i_8880b2aa-1056-4e6b-bed0-06cffdf1a606.jpg?v=1691369909","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-self-regulation-of-behavior-hardback-9780521572040","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}