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Self-Regulation

Processes for monitoring and adjusting behavior, attention, emotion, and effort.

Direct answer

Self-regulation refers broadly to processes through which people monitor and adjust internal states or behavior in relation to goals, demands, values, and context.

Mechanism

How it works

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    Regulation depends on noticing the current state.

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    Strategies can change attention, environment, interpretation, timing, effort, or the goal itself.

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    Effective regulation is context-dependent; one strategy does not fit every state.

Consequence

Why it matters

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    MyMindMine begins with care because action quality depends on the state doing the choosing.

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    Regulation can be infrastructure rather than a moral judgment about discipline.

Search intent

Questions this page answers

3 questions
What is self-regulation?
How is self-regulation different from self-control?
Why do strategies work differently in different states?

Evidence

Sources

1 cited
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    APA: psychology as science and applicationAmerican Psychological Association

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