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The Psychology of Achievement
David MeketonDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Pennsylvania
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Cookie Monster Learns to Practice Self‐Control
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What is Self‐Control?
The ability to voluntarily regulate thoughts, emotions, and behavior in the service of a valued goal.
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Questionnaire Measures of Self‐Control
• Brief Self‐Control Scale, Children’s Behavior Questionnaire …
• Inexpensive, quick, and reliable, but…– Response bias– Social desirability bias– Memory recall limitations– Acquiescence bias– Halo effects– And so forth…
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Self‐control: resisting the “hourly temptations”
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Do mathPlay game
or watch movie
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Will Power“I consider myself to be of basically average talent…”
“The key to life is on a treadmill…When I say I am going to run three miles, I run five. With that mentality, it is actually difficult to lose.”
– Will Smith
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High vs. Moderate Challenges
“People seem to have the idea that the way to eminence is one of great self‐denial, from which there are hourly temptations to diverge…This is true enough of the great majority of men, but it is simply not true of the generality of those who have gained great reputations.”
--Galton (1892)
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• Cox (1926) common traits of 300 geniuses– Tendency not to abandon tasks in the face of obstacles.Perseverance, tenacity, doggedness.
– Tendency not to abandon tasks from mere changeability. Not seeking something fresh because of novelty. Not “looking for a change.”
• Willingham (1985)– Follow‐through, “evidence of purposeful, continuous commitment to certain types of activities versus sporadic efforts in diverse areas” was the best predictor of success in college other than SAT and high school rank
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Grit ScalePassion for long-term goals
New ideas and new projects sometimes distract me from previous ones. *I become interested in new pursuits every few months. *My interests change from year to year.*I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.*I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.*I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to
complete.*Perseverance for long-term goals
I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge.I have achieved a goal that took years of work.I am diligent.Setbacks don’t discourage me.I finish whatever I begin.I am a hard worker.
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Skill as a function of deliberate practice
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Age (years)Figure adapted with permission from “The scientific study of expert levels of performance” by K.A. Ericsson, p. 90, © 1998
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National Spelling Bee
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Deliberate practice is hard…and not that fun
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West Point Beast Barracks
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Grit predicted summer retention
• Grit predicted summer retention (94% of the incoming cadets) more robustly than did self‐discipline, Whole Candidate Score (high school rank, SAT, leadership potential rating, physical aptitude)
• Grit predicted drop outs better than all other measured variables combined
• Grit and SAT score were weakly inversely related (r = ‐.05, p < .09)
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Counterfactual thinking
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Grit Retention
Counterfactual Comparison
B = ‐.59*B = 1.78*
B = ‐.31*
(B = ‐.05)
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Willpower: trying hard not to do something that you really want to do
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Some children tend to act more self‐controlled than others
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Global goal: Academic successTemptation: Angry Birds
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Sloane Study of Youth and Social Development (N = 1228)
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How important is what you are doing to your future goals?
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Are you happy?
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Domain‐specific impulsive behaviors in children
• I forgot something I needed for class• I couldn't find something because my desk, locker, or bedroom was messy
• I did not remember what my teacher told me to do• My mind wandered when I should have been listening
• I lost my temper at home or at school• I interrupted other students while they were talking.• I said something rude• I talked back to my teacher or parent when I was upset
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Results:Self-disciplinepredicts final GPA above and beyond Intelligence
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Intelligence
Self-Control
Skills/knowledge acquired outside school
Skills/knowledge acquired in school
Homework and classroom conduct
Standardized achievement test
scores
Report card grades
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The perception of uncertain, threatening circumstances
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Stressful Life Events
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Strategies for Self‐Control
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Grit means never quit
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Psychologically distancing oneself from an angry memory
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Replay the event as it unfolds in your imagination through your
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Replay the event as it unfolds in your imagination as you observe
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…reduces negative affect
35Kross, E. Duckworth, A.L., Ayduck, O., Tsukayama, E. & Mischel, W. (in press). Emotion.
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Goal setting and planning• Goal setting
– What specific goal do I want to achieve?– What good thing will happen if I achieve this goal?– What obstacles stand in the way of my reaching this goal?
• Planning where, when, and how you will get around or avoid the obstacles– “If it is a Tuesday at 6pm, then I will go to my bedroom desk and do my math homework.”
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Longitudinal study of fifth graders in Harlem
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From strategies to habits
“Our virtues are habits as much as our vices…our nervous systems have grown to the way in which they have been exercised, just as a sheet of paper or a coat, once creased or folded, tends to fall forever afterward into the same identical folds...”
– William James (1899)
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Today’s study wish:
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Think about yesterday. How many times did you use W.O.O.P. yesterday?
Obstacle(where and when)
Action (to overcome obstacle)
MCII: Goal Setting and Planning
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Temperament and personality questionnaires measure behavior
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Brief Self‐Control Scale• I have a hard time breaking bad habits• I often act without thinking through all the alternatives
• I say inappropriate things• Pleasure and fun sometimes keep me from getting work done
• I have trouble concentrating • I am lazy
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What processes determine self‐controlled behavior?
• Capacities (things you can do)– Executive function, metacognitive strategies, scripts
• Information (what you perceive or believe)– Schema, implicit beliefs, cognitive biases
• Motivation (what you want…and want to want)– Subjective benefits and perceived costs of pursuing temptation vs. global goal
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Example capacity: Executive function
• Single executive function tasks correlate with parent or teacher ratings of self‐control, r = .14
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Motivation
• What I want – Sloth– Anger– Gluttony– Greed (impulse buying)– Lust
• What I want to want
– Work– Interpersonal harmony– Health– Future savings
– Fidelity
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Between-individual variance
Within-individual variance
Between-individual variance
Within-individual variance
Unpacking domain‐specificity in self‐control
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Temptation is in the eye of the beholder
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Domain‐specific impulsive behaviors in children
• I forgot something I needed for class• I couldn't find something because my desk, locker, or bedroom was messy
• I did not remember what my teacher told me to do• My mind wandered when I should have been listening
• I lost my temper at home or at school• I interrupted other students while they were talking.• I said something rude• I talked back to my teacher or parent when I was upset
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Productivity = Skill x Effort
Skill = Talent x Effort
Productivity = (Talent x Effort) x Effort
Productivity = Talent x Effort2
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CBQ Effortful Control
• When drawing or coloring in a book, shows strong concentration
• Prepares for trips and outings by planning things s/he will need
• When building or putting something together, becomes very involved in what s/he is doing, and works for long periods
• Is good at following instructions• Approaches places s/he has been told are dangerous slowly and cautiously
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Eysenck Junior Impulsiveness Questionnaire
• Do you save regularly? (r)• Do you think that planning takes the fun out of things?
• Do you get very annoyed if someone keeps you waiting?
• Do you often do things on the spur of the moment?
• Do you sometimes get so restless that you cannot sit in a chair long?
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