How Much of Your Life Do You Actually Control? (NSQ Ep. 15 Rebroadcast)

Also: why do we procrastinate?

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Relevant Research & References

Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:

SOURCES

• Maria Konnikova, author of The Biggest Bluff.
• B. F. Skinner, former professor of psychology at Harvard University.
• Albert Bandura, professor of psychology at Stanford University.
• Gabriele Oettingen, professor of psychology at New York University.
• Sule Alan, professor of economics at the European University Institute.
• Adam Grant, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Dale Schunk, professor of education at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

RESOURCES

• The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win, by Maria Konnikova (2020).
• Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, by Adam Grant.
• “Ever Failed, Try Again, Succeed Better: Results from a Randomized Educational Intervention on Grit,” by Sule Alan, Teodora Boneva, and Seda Ertac (2016).
• “Professor Emeritus of Psychology Julian Rotter Dies,” by Christine Buckley (UConn Today, 2014).
• The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It, by Walter Mischel (2014).
• “From Fantasy to Action: Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions (MCII) Improves Academic Performance in Children,” by Angela Duckworth, Teri A. Kirby, Anton Gollwitzer, and Gabriele Oettingen (Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2013).
• “Mental Contrasting Facilitates Academic Performance in School Children,” by Anton Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen, Teri A. Kirby, Angela L. Duckworth, and Doris Mayer (Motivation Emotion, 2011).
• “Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology,” by Angela Duckworth, Heidi Grant, Benjamin Loew, Gabriele Oettingen, and Peter M. Gollwitzer (Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 2010).
• Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, by Albert Bandura (1997).
• Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory, by Albert Bandura (1985).
• “Cultivating Confidence, Self Efficacy, and Intrinsic Interest Through Proximal Self-Motivation,” by Albert Bandura and Dale Schunk (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1981).
• “Generalized Expectancies for Internal Versus External Control of Reinforcement,” by J.B. Rotter (Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 1966).
• Behavior of Organisms, by B. F. Skinner (1938).

EXTRAS

• Character Lab.
• Zeigarnik Effect, by Good Therapy.
• “How to Make Your Own Luck (Ep. 424)” by Freakonomics Radio (2020).

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