On the self-regulation of behavior / Charles S. Carver, Michael F. Scheier.
| Author/creator | Carver, Charles S. |
| Other author | Scheier, Michael. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
| Description | xx, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction and plan -- Principles of feedback control -- Discrepancy-reducing feedback processes in behavior -- Discrepancy-enlarging loops, and three further issues -- Goals and behavior -- Goals, Hierarchicality, and behavior: further issues -- Public and private aspects of the self -- Control processes and affect -- Affect: issues and comparisons -- Expectancies and disengagement -- Disengagement: issues and comparisons -- Applications to problems in living -- Hierarchicality and problems in living -- Chaos and dynamic systems -- Catastrophe theory -- Further applications to problems in living -- Is behavior controlled or does it emerge -- Goal engagement, life, and death. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-422) and index. |
| LCCN | 98015204 |
| ISBN | 0521572045 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BF611 .C35 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |