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by Roy Baumeister, 2012
Roy F. Baumeister is one of the world's leading social psychologists. His lecture "Understanding Self-Control and the Limits of Willpower" explores how we can influence the most important aspects of our individual and societal wellbeing.
by Roy Baumeister, 2012
How Rejection Affects People
Elmer F. and Ellen Laws Burwig Lecture
presented by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Speaker:
Roy F. Baumeister, PhD
Eppes Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology
Florida State University
by Roy Baumeister, 2012
A new understanding of how people control themselves has emerged from the past decade of research studies. Self-control depends on a limited energy supply, and each person's willpower fluctuates during the day as various events deplete and then replenish it. Decision-making and creative initiative also deplete the same willpower supply, while eating and sleeping can restore it. Some circumstances propel people to perform well despite depleted willpower, including power and leadership roles, local incentives, and personal beliefs.
by Roy Baumeister, 2012
How do we learn self-control as children? What bolsters will power? What undermines it? Is self-control a skill that can be practiced and taught? How can we encourage young people to perform to their potential?
by Roy Baumeister, 2014
• How do self-control and willpower function?
• How do we learn self-control as children?
• What bolsters willpower? What undermines it?
• Why do we so often fail to break bad habits?
• How can we increase our willpower and make it work for us?
Professor Roy Baumeister, USA, respected social psychologist exploring self-control, self-regulation, meaning and happiness and author of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
by Angela Duckworth 2013
Research Psychologist Angela Duckworth was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. The Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.
by Angela Duckworth, 2014
Presentation by Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania; MacArthur Fellow
In conversation with:
Sheila Durant, P.S. 69X Journey Prep, Bronx, NY
Bryan Carter, GESU School, Philadelphia, PA
Moderator: Shannah Varon, Boston Collegiate Charter School, Boston, MA
Filmed at the STC 2014 National Forum: Harlem // NYC
May 15th, 2014
by Angela Duckworth, 2013
Watch Angela Duckworth talk about her research on grit and inter-disciplinary research in human capital. She is the co-leader of the Identity and Personality Network.
Angela Duckworth is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies individual differences that predict achievement. Her research centers on self-control (the ability to regulate emotions, thoughts, and feelings in the service of valued goals) and grit (perseverance and sustained interest in long-term goals). In prospective, longitudinal studies, she documents the relationships among self-control, grit, and intelligence, and their prediction of academic and professional achievement.
by Angela Duckworth, 2013
Angela Lee Duckworth, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, shared highly regarded work on the psychology of success and why effort is as important as talent.
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 2011
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one of the world's leading researchers in positive psychology. As the director of the Quality of Life Research Center, he specializes in research on psychological strengths of the human brain. He is known as the creator of the concept of 'flow', a satisfactory
state of being in which people feel completely absorbed in activity while losing their sense of time.