A big part of self-regulation are personal rules. The book defines personal rules as verbal descriptions of contingency that we present to ourselves to influence our behavior. There are different behaviors and terms under personal rules. One is personal process rule which the book defines as goes into detail of the specific process of how to complete tasks. Another term I find difficult is the say-do correspondence. It is the difference in what we say we will do and what actually happens. I know I struggle with this. I say I will clean my room before I go to bed and end up cleaning it days after. Personal rules vary from person to person. Some people care more about their personal space; some people are huggers. These are just some of the terms involving self-regulation in our text.
Don't worry. You are not the only one.
ReplyDeleteI do the same. When I think I'll clean, I end up doing it later.
I feel as humans we are prone.
I agree, we all have our own personal rules at different tasks that we do. In the summer time I clean and I clean with two different people and they both have their own rules when it comes to cleaning the houses, even though it is just cleaning people have their own ways and beliefs in doing so. Also, when I tell myself to do something, I use to do it right then and there or when I would tell myself to, but know I catch myself doing it about a week later.
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ReplyDeleteI can relate to this post, and think everyone has their own personal rules. Usually I will try give myself a goal and time limit when doing a task. If I am writing an essay, I will say "I will write until 3:00 then take a break". This way I can keep track on my work and time, without overwhelming myself.
ReplyDeleteThe say-do correspondence is a relatable topic. I often find myself saying I will do so many things "tomorrow" and when tomorrow comes only half of the list items get accomplished. I wonder what would need to happen in order for us to accomplish everything that we say we will do. In my personal case, maybe I need to stop promising myself that I will do so much in s short amount of time. Also, procrastination has been linked to the say-do correspondence, so maybe addressing procrastination would help us do more of the things that we say we are going to do. But then the question is, how do we truly reduce procrastination?
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