Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
personal rules, self-control, behavior, rewarding contingencies
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Abstract
To begin, I believe that the process of grant proposal writing was very important to both formulating my research idea and design as well as requesting the necessary assistance for the realization of this project. The idea which was developed has its origins with prominent psychologist, George Ainslie—personal rules are conceptually known as verbal commitments which we generate ourselves in order to control our behavior, e.g., we may tell ourselves that we will never cheat on an examination and this rule is effective if we follow through on it; however, the delineation of their effectiveness was only ever explained theoretically—the purpose of this project was to show how people use personal rules: if and when they keep and break them.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Michael and Miller, Dr. Harold
(2013)
"Personal Rules as a Model of Self-Control,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 526.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/526