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The intrinsic value of self-control (A10*)

Subject Area General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Term from 2020 to 2024
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 178833530
 
While most current theories conceive of self-control or resisting temptation as effortful and aversive, project A10 will investigate from a social-cognitive perspective under which conditions self-control can become intrinsically rewarding. We will examine whether associating self-control with reward or with feedback that highlights the relevance of self-control for one’s competence or positive self-concept induces an intrinsic preference for the exertion of self-control even in non-rewarded tasks. In addition, we will investigate wheth-er the exertion of self-control elicits activation in reward-related brain areas. We expect results to be relevant for the explanation of failures to mobilize self-control in mental disorders as studied by the clinical projects.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution Technische Universität Dresden
 
 

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