Self-Regulation and Self-Control: Selected works of Roy F. Baumeister

by Roy F. Baumeister

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces--extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.



In this volume, Roy F. Baumeister reflects on his distinguished career as an eminent scholar in the field of self-control and self-regulation, as well as belonging, rejection, free will, and consciousness. Offering a unique perspective on both the program of research in ego-depletion as one of social psychology's most widely successful theories, and its position in the changing landscape of the scientific field, the book charts Baumeister's development as one of the pioneers of study into self-control.



Featuring a newly written introductory piece in which the author offers a unique insight into the initial findings that led to an eventual theory of ego-depletion, this collection will give readers a vital understanding of how the hugely influential theory of ego depletion first came to be developed, and is essential reading for students and researchers in self-control and self-regulation.

Genres: Psychology

396 pages, Hardcover

Published February 1, 2018

About the author

Dr. Roy F. Baumeister is Social Psychology Area Director and Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a social psychologist who is known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, and aggression. And enduring theme of his work is "why people do stupid things." He has authored over 300 publications and has written or co-written over 20 books.

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Reviews

[Ypatios Varelas · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting collection of works supporting Roy F. Baumeister's model of "ego-depletion", associating self-control and specifically some higher cognitive functions such non-automatic decision making, conscious emotion regulation, etc. with a special kind of energy reserve that humans possess and the way our systems respond to preserve that as depletion happens. Also, a well-supported idea that this energy is directly related to the glucose levels and consumption by our brains. Not all chapters are of high quality and a couple of them should not be included in the book, IMHO. But, overall, it is a book that deserves your attention if you are interested in the field. Recommended.