On the self-regulation of behavior
By: Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier.
Contributors: Scheier, Michael.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
Subjects: Control (Psychology); Goal (Psychology); Feedback (Psychology)
Description: On the Self-Regulation of Behavior presents a thorough overview of a model of human functioning based on the idea that behavior is goal-directed and regulated by feedback control processes. It describes feedback processes and their application to behavior, considers goals and the idea that goals are organized hierarchically, examines affect as deriving from a different kind of feedback process, and analyzes how success expectancies influence whether people keep trying to attain goals or disengage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-422) and index.