Bibliograph

On the self-regulation of behavior, Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier

Type

Label

On the self-regulation of behavior, Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On the self-regulation of behavior

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46846695

Responsibility statement

Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier

Table Of Contents

Introduction and plan -- Principles of feedback control -- Discrepancy-reducing feedback processes in behavior -- Discrepancy-enlarging loops, and three further issues -- Goals and behavior -- Goals, Hierarchicality, and behavior: further issues -- Public and private aspects of the self -- Control processes and affect -- Affect: issues and comparisons -- Expectancies and disengagement -- Disengagement: issues and comparisons -- Applications to problems in living -- Hierarchicality and problems in living -- Chaos and dynamic systems -- Catastrophe theory -- Further applications to problems in living -- Is behavior controlled or does it emerge -- Goal engagement, life, and death

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