Self-Control, and Lack of Self-Control, Is Contagious
Reference:
Adapted from materials provided by University of Georgia. Self-control -- and the lack of -- is contagious. Science daily, Retrieved Jan 18, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100113172359.htm
Reference:
Adapted from materials provided by University of Georgia. Self-control -- and the lack of -- is contagious. Science daily, Retrieved Jan 18, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100113172359.htm
Summary:
Researchers have found that self-control is contagious to people because people tend to mimic the behavior of those around them and self-control is contagious across behaviors. Researchers design five different ways to measure the self-control of people a. the researchers ask volunteers who were randomly assigned to think about a friend with either good or bad self-control. On a later test of self-control, those who wrote about friends with good self-control did the best, while those who wrote about friends with bad self-control did the worst. Finally, the result of this study demonstrate that self-control is contagious because being exposed to people with either good or bad self-control influences how accessible thoughts about self-control are.
Reaction:
Self-control is a concept of social psychology that frequently used. It says that people still can control themselves behaviors and decision under influence and temptation of the outside world. The self-control ability of people is different and each person’s self –control resources are limited, when the self-control resources are consumed by something, we are likely to do something impulsive and irrational, lying is a typical example, if everybody lie to answer questions ,maybe you can also choose to lie. Although others’ ideas can affect you and it also can reduce your self-control.So self-control is not only depending on who you are but also depending on how about the people around you. But I think people should persist their own ideas that they think right even if when they facing some opposition.
Self-control is a concept of social psychology that frequently used. It says that people still can control themselves behaviors and decision under influence and temptation of the outside world. The self-control ability of people is different and each person’s self –control resources are limited, when the self-control resources are consumed by something, we are likely to do something impulsive and irrational, lying is a typical example, if everybody lie to answer questions ,maybe you can also choose to lie. Although others’ ideas can affect you and it also can reduce your self-control.So self-control is not only depending on who you are but also depending on how about the people around you. But I think people should persist their own ideas that they think right even if when they facing some opposition.
Vocabulary:
Exert - to cause yourself to make an effort
Mimic - to copy the way someone speak or moves
Obesity - fat
Contagious – able to be caught by touching someone with disease
Persisted – to continue something in a determined way even when facing difficulties
Randomly – chosen on regular
Interaction - correlation
Subliminally – not recognized or understood by the conscious mind ,but still having an influence on it
Ultimately - finally
Temptation – attract people
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