Self-Control in Animals and People takes an interdisciplinary look at what self-control is, how it works, and if humans are alone as a species in their ability to exercise it. The book outlines the historical and recent approaches to learning when self-control succeeds and fails, and which species may share with humans the ability to anticipate better future outcomes. It also provides readers with in-depth explorations of whether or not animals can delay gratification, the ways in which people and animals exhibit self-control, what influences the capacity and expression of self-control, and much more. The book additionally provides comprehensive coverage of the main topics in self-control research, and also outlines how to create fair tests for determining self-control in non-human animals. An integrative look at the ways in which people and animals exhibit self-controlProvides a comprehensive perspective of the evolutionary emergence of self-control across speciesExplores whether self-control can be improved or strengthenedStudies different kinds of self-control and their links to one anotherProvides insight on mental time travel (chronesthesia) and how it relates to self-controlDemonstrates how to develop self-control tests for human and non-human animals, and how to make fair and clear comparisons among those groups INDICE: 1. What is Self-Control and What is it Good For?;2. Varieties of Self-Control3. Human Intertemporal Choices: Choosing Between Now and Later4. Intertemporal Choices by Nonhuman Animals5. How Do We Know Whether We Are Measuring Self-Control?: Methodological Considerations and Concerns6. Children's Self-Control: How Long Would You Wait for Marshmallows?7. Waiting for Other Things Too: Different Tests of Self-Control and Delay of Gratification in Children8. Can Animals Delay Gratification?9. Creating Fair Tests of Self-Control for Animals and How They Do On Those Tests10. Is Human Self-Control Like a Muscle?11. Do Animals Flex Their Own Self-Control Muscle?12. Mental Time Travel: What Is It and How Does It Relate to Self-Control?13. Worth Waiting For: Final Thoughts on Self-Control and the Future of Research with People and Animals
- ISBN: 978-0-12-812508-3
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 330
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés