The Cultural Animal

By Roy F. Baumeister. 2005

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Ego depletion and the strength model of self-control: a meta-analysis. (2010, background): “…and abstain from gratifying immediate needs and desires (Metcalfe & Mischel, 1999; Mischel, Shoda, & Rodrieguez, 1989) is extremely adaptive and enables people to engage in goal-directed behavior to bring about long-term desirable outcomes (Baumeister, 2005; Fishbach & Labroo, 2007; Logue, 1988).”
Feeling Validated Versus Being Correct:A Meta-Analysis of Selective Exposure to Information (2009, background): “People are presumed to want to believe in the accuracy of their views (a result of defense motivation) but also to attain views that are rooted in external reality (a result of accuracy motivation; for broader theories, see Baumeister, 2005; Schlenker, 1980).”
Self-regulation and personality: how interventions increase regulatory success, and how depletion moderates the effects of traits on behavior. (2006, background): “…even when anticipating a driving test (Muraven, Collins, & Nienhaus, 2002), perform inappropriate or undercontrolled sexual behaviors (Gailliot & Baumeister, 2005), rely on simplistic strategies for making judgments and decisions (Amir, Dhar, Pocheptsova, & Baumeister, 2005), and present…”
Family as a salient source of meaning in young adulthood (2010, unknown): “Email: nlambert@fsu.edu ISSN 1743–9760 print/ISSN 1743–9779 online 2010 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2010.516616 http://www.informaworld.com (e.g., Aronson, 2004; Baumeister, 2005).”
Gods or rituals? Relational faith, spiritual discontent, and religious practices as predictors of hope and optimism (2008, background): “Each has a future-oriented thrust which, by one account, is the defining mark of human nature (Baumeister, 2005).”
Thwarting the Need to Belong: Understanding the Interpersonal and Inner Effects of Social Exclusion (2007, background): “Self-regulation is a large and important part of executive function and a powerful, basic process that facilitates human social life (e.g., Baumeister, 2005).”
Making sense of agency: Belief in free will as a unique and important construct (2017, background): “…has evolved to allow the self to coexist with others in society as to override inherent immediate biological urges that mainly focus on the self (Kant, 1797/1967) thus allowing for prospection, long‐term planning, action control, and coordination with others in society (Baumeister, 2005, 2008a).”
An Evolutionarily Informed Education Science (2008, background): “…to create culture, that is, a common system of beliefs that facilitate cooperation, a division of labor, formal and informal expectations for the behavior of in-group members, and the sharing of information and resources (see Baumeister, 2005; Brown, 1991; Haidt, 2007; Richerson & Boyd, 2005).”
Self-Regulation, Ego Depletion, and Motivation (2007, background): “Baumeister (2005) has proposed to view nature and culture as operating largely together, insofar as evolution selected humans for traits that made them competent to create and function in the complex social systems that became culture.”
Changing environmentally harmful behaviors: A stage model of self-regulated behavioral change (2013, background): “It views behavioral change as a process in which individuals actively invest effort in setting or activating goals, developing and enacting strategies to achieve these goals, appraising progress, and revising goals and strategies accordingly (Baumeister, 2005; De Ridder & de Wit, 2006).”
Self-regulation and the executive function: The self as controlling agent. (2007, background): “Setting metaphysics aside, let us approach the question from an evolutionary perspective (Baumeister, 2005; Dennett, 2003).”
Invisible at Work (2013, background): “On the other hand, other scholars have argued that ostracism creates a sense of emotional numbness (Baumeister, 2005; DeWall & Baumeister, 2006), showing that experimental manipulation of rejection leads to dampened predictions of emotional reactions to future events, decreased pain sensitivity,…”