Delay of Gratification: A Review of Fifty Years of Regulation Research

Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-63

  Tobin, Renée M ^a   Graziano, William G ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation and delay need for new theoretical approach for addressing core questions; Delay of gratification key variables making delay less rational; Delay of gratification across lifespan; Delay of gratification, early in childhood long term achievement, coping abilities and stress management; Foundation of delay of gratification research in theory; PsycINFO search, 1896 to December 2007 keyword of "delay of gratification"; S R behaviorists strong aversions for cognitive variables; Stimulus response (S R) behaviorists and delay of gratification phenomenon; Tolman based S S contiguity version of behaviorism; Toward process theory of delay of gratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958060971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318111.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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