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Self-Control in Animals and People
An interdisciplinary, cross-species look at what, how, and why animals and humans exercise self-control
Michael Beran (Author)
9780128125083, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 17 August 2018
332 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg
Self-Control in Animals and People takes an interdisciplinary look at what self-control is, how it works, and whether humans are alone as a species in their ability to demonstrate self-control. The book outlines historical and recent empirical approaches to understanding when self-control succeeds and fails, and which species may share with humans the ability to anticipate better future outcomes. It also provides readers with in-depth explorations of whether various species can delay gratification, the ways in which people and animals exhibit other forms of self-control, what influences the capacity and expression of self-control, and much more. In addition to its comprehensive coverage of self-control research, the book also describes self-control assessment tests that can be used with young children, adults, and a wide variety of nonhuman species, with the goal of making fair and clear comparisons among the groups. This combination makes Self-Control in Animals and People a valuable resource for cognitive, developmental, and clinical psychologists, philosophers, academic students and researchers in psychology and the social sciences, and animal behaviorists.
1. What is Self-Control and What is it Good For?2. Self-Control and Other Forms of Inhibitory Control3. Human Intertemporal Choices: Choosing Between Now and Later4. Intertemporal Choices by Nonhuman Animals5. Children’s Delay of Gratification: How Long Would You Wait for Marshmallows?6. The Reverse-Reward Task: Why Pointing Away from What You Want is so Difficult for Animals7. Would Animals Pass a Version of the Marshmallow Test?8. Other Tests of Self-Control and Delay of Gratification in Animals9. How Do We Know Whether We Are Measuring Self-Control? Methodological Concerns Lead to a New Test10. Is Self-Control Like a Muscle? 11. Do Animals Flex Their Own Self-Control "Muscle"?12. Are Animal Tests of Self-Control All Measuring the Same Thing?13. Self-Control and Social Settings14. Mental Time Travel: What Is It, and How Does It Relate to Self-Control?15. Worth Waiting For: Final Thoughts on Self-Control and the Future of Future-Oriented Research with People and Animals
Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ]
