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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Preliminary Definitions and Assumptions
1.1.1 A More General Limitation: Self-Control vs. Self-Regulation
1.1.2 Narrowing down the Definition of Self-Control
1.1.3 Further Definitions and Assumptions
1.2 What this Thesis is not about
1.3 Aims and Course of Action
1.3.1 Aims
1.3.2 Course of Action
1.3.3 Challenges
1.4 Methodology: It’s all about Distinctions
1.5 Relevance of Self-Control
2 Self-Control as Delay of Gratification
2.1 Setting the Stage - Initial Conditions
2.2 Short-Term Value Attribution as a Normative Problem
2.3 The Relation of Intentions and Behavioral Decisions
2.4 “Genuine” Delay of Gratification and the “Surrender Scenario”
2.5 Potential Moderating Variables
2.6 Provisional Summary
3 Putting it all together: An Analytical Framework
4 Summary and Future Perspectives
4.1 Summary: What Has Been Reached
4.2 Perspectives: What May Follow Next
References
Appendix: Illustrations
A Sect. 1: Introduction
? Sect. 2: Self-Control as Delay of Gratification
C Sect. 4: Putting It All Together: An Analytical Framework
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- Jan Dirk Capelle (Author), 2013, Conceptual Foundations of Self-Control as Delay of Gratification, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/265778
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