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  2. Impulsivity - Wikipedia

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    Research on the different facets of impulsivity can inform small interventions to change decision making and reduce impulsive behavior [166] For example, changing cognitive representations of rewards (e.g. making long term rewards seem more concrete) and/or creating situations of "precommitment" (eliminating the option of changing one's mind ...

  3. Inhibitory control - Wikipedia

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    Inhibitory control, also known as response inhibition, is a cognitive process – and, more specifically, an executive function – that permits an individual to inhibit their impulses and natural, habitual, or dominant behavioral responses to stimuli (a.k.a. prepotent responses) in order to select a more appropriate behavior that is consistent with completing their goals.

  4. Self-control - Wikipedia

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    Self-control occurs through top-down inhibition of the premotor cortex, [50] which essentially means using perception and mental effort to reign in behavior and action as opposed to allowing emotions or sensory experience to control and drive behavior. There is some debate about the mechanism of self-control and how it emerges.

  5. Alternative five model of personality - Wikipedia

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    Impulsive sensation-seeking: measures low socialisation, and high psychoticism, impulsivity, and sensation-seeking. The impulsivity items assess lack of planfulness and a tendency to act without thinking. The sensation seeking items describe a liking for thrills and excitement, novelty and variety, and unpredictable situations and friends. [3]

  6. Executive functions - Wikipedia

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    In cognitive science and neuropsychology, executive functions (collectively referred to as executive function and cognitive control) are a set of cognitive processes that support goal-directed behavior, by regulating thoughts and actions through cognitive control, selecting and successfully monitoring actions that facilitate the attainment of chosen objectives.

  7. Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Conflict and confrontational behavior are common, especially in situations where impulsive actions are criticized or hindered. The ICD-10 recognizes two subtypes of this disorder: the impulsive type , characterized mainly by emotional dysregulation and impulsivity, and the borderline type , which additionally includes disturbances in self ...

  8. Impulse-control disorder - Wikipedia

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    Despite a large decrease in impulsive aggression behavior from baseline, only 44% of fluoxetine responders and 29% of all fluoxetine subjects were considered to be in full remission at the end of the study. [16] Paroxetine has shown to be somewhat effective although the results are inconsistent.

  9. Self-regulation theory - Wikipedia

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    According to Schunk (2012), Lev Vygotsky who was a Russian psychologist and was a major influence on the rise of constructivism, believed that self-regulation involves the coordination of cognitive processes such as planning, synthesizing and formulating concepts (Henderson & Cunningham, 1994); however, such coordination does not proceed independently of the individual's social environment and ...