Summary of chapter 4 (Behavior Control: The Self in Action) of Social psychology and human nature by Baumeister and Bushman. The order of the book is followed, and the summary is based on the key words of the book. There is a table of contents, which may prove useful when searching for certain topi...
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Chapter 4 – Behaviour control: the self in action p 115
Contents
What you do, and what it means...........................................................................................................2
Action identifcation..........................................................................................................................2
Levels of meaning..........................................................................................................................2
Changing meaning.........................................................................................................................2
Different meaning, same level.......................................................................................................2
Goals, plans, intentions......................................................................................................................3
Setting and pursuing goals.............................................................................................................3
Hierarchy of goals..........................................................................................................................4
Reaching goals: what’s the plan?...................................................................................................4
Common mistakes in planning.......................................................................................................4
Freedom and choice..............................................................................................................................5
Freedom of action.............................................................................................................................5
More or less free............................................................................................................................5
Free actions comes from inside.....................................................................................................5
Having an out, versus no escape....................................................................................................5
Making choices..................................................................................................................................5
Two steps of choosing...................................................................................................................5
Influences on choice......................................................................................................................6
Reactance......................................................................................................................................6
Self-regulation.......................................................................................................................................7
Irrationality and self-destruction...........................................................................................................8
Suicide...............................................................................................................................................8
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