Syllabus/achievement requirements

Books:

Baumeister, R.F., Heatherton, T.F. & Tice, D.M. (1994). Losing Control. How and Why People Fail at Self-regulation. London: Academic Press. 307 pages.

Conner, M. & Norman, P. (2005). Predicting health behaviour. London: Open University Press. 385 pages.

Compendium chapters/articles:

Carver, C.S. (2004) Self-regulation of action and affect. In: R. Baumeister & K.D. Voohs (Ed) Handbook of self-regulation. Research, theory, and applications. London: The Guilford Press, pp. 13-39.

Gollwitzer, P.M., Fujita, K. & Oettingen, G. (2004) Planning and the implementation of goals. In R.F. Baumeister & K.D. Voohs (Ed) Handbook of self-regulation. Research, theory, and applications. London: The Guilford Press, pp. 211-228.

Mischel, W. & Ayduk, O. (2004) Willpower in a cognitive-affective processing system: The dynamics of delay of gratification. In R.F. Baumeister & K.D. Voohs (Ed) Handbook of self-regulation. Research, theory, and applications. London: The Guilford Press, pp. 99-129.

Myers, R.E. Self-regulation and decision making about cancer screening. In L.D. Cameron & H. Leventhal(Ed) The self-regulation of health and illness behavior. New York: Routledge, pp. 297-313.

Petrie, K.J., Broadbent, E. & Meechan, G. (2003) Self-regulatory interventions for improving the management of chronic illness. In L.D. Cameron & H. Leventhal(Ed) The self-regulation of health and illness behavior. New York: Routledge, pp. 257-277.

Tangney, J.P., Baumeister, R.F., Boone, A.L. (2004) High self-control predicts good adjustment, less pathology, better grades, and interpersonal success. Journal of Personality, 72:2, 272-324.

Vohs, K.D. & Schmeichel, B.J. (2003) Self-regulation and the extended now: Controlling the self alters the subjective experience of time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 217-230.

Webb, T.L. & Sheeran, P. (2003) Can implementation intentions help to overcome ego-depletion? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 279-286.

Zimbardo, P.G. & Boyd, J.N. (1999) Putting time in perspective: A valid, reliable individual-difference metric. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 6, 1271-1288.

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