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| those who believe that traits are fixed, stable things (entities) and thus people should not be expected to change |
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| those who believe that traits are subject to change and improvement |
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| belief that one's actions will not bring about desired outcomes, leading one to give up and quit trying |
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| an idea of some desired future state |
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| a tendency to experience automatic, intrusive thoughts about a goal whose pursuit has been interrupted |
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| the tendency for plans to be overly optimistic because the planner fails to allow for unexpected problems |
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| self-determination theory |
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| the theory that people need to feel at least some degree of autonomy and internal motivation |
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| a reduction in stress or suffering due to a belief that one has the option of escaping or controlling the situation, even if one doesn't exercise it |
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| in decision making, the greater weight given to possible losses than possible gains |
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| in decision making, the greater weight given to the present over the future |
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| in decision making, the greater weight given to definite outcomes than to probabilities |
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| the preference to keep things the way they are rather than change |
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| the idea that both men and women seek to minimize the most costly type of error, but that men's and women's goals, and hence worst errors, differ |
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| the tendency to take whatever course of action does not require you to do anything (also called the default option) |
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| the idea that people are distressed by loss of freedom or options and seek to reclaim or reassert them |
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| the self's capacity to alter its own responses; self-control |
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| keeping track of behaviors or responses to be regulated |
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| the self-regulation feedback loop of Test, Operate, Test, Exit |
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| the active phase of self=regulation; willpower |
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| any action by which people bring failure, suffering, or misfortune on themselves |
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| capacity to delay gratification |
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| the ability to make immediate sacrifices for later rewards |
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