COLANGCAG, ALKHAIRIA B.

Understanding the self

BLOCK – A

SELF – REGULATION
-Is the ability to control one’s behavior, emotions, and thoughts in the pursuit of long-term
goals. More specifically, emotional self-regulation refers to the ability to manage disruptive
emotions and impulses—in other words, to think before acting.

It includes being able to:

• regulate reactions to strong emotions like frustration, excitement, anger and embarrassment

• calm down after something exciting or upsetting

• focus on a task

• refocus attention on a new task

• control impulses

• behave in ways that help you get along with other people.

SELF – REGULATION THEORY (SRT)

-It is simply outlines the process and components of deciding what to think, feel, say, and do.
It is particularly salient in the context of making a “good” choice.
Four components are involved:
1. Standards – A basis for evaluating the worth of something and how it should be. It is just like a
general idea regarding; how things could be. It is a value, norm or a positive expectation.
2. Motivation – is a condition inside us that desires a change, either in the self or the
environment. When we tap into this well of energy, motivation endows the person with the drive
and direction needed to engage with the environment in an adaptive, open-ended, and problem-
solving sort of way.
3. Monitoring – is the process of supervising, overseeing individuals completing a task to ensure
that it is completed correctly.
4. Willpower – is a person’s ability to control their own actions in order to pursue long-term
goals. Other names for this concept include self-control, discipline, and resolve.

These four components interact to determine self-regulatory activity at any given moment.
According to SRT, behavior is determined by personal standards of good behavior, motivation to
meet those standards, the degree to which one is consciously aware of circumstances and actions,
and the extent of willpower to resist temptations and choose the “right” path.

ALBERT BANDURA (1991)

-The expert on self-efficacy and leading researcher of SRT.
-He was a Canadian-American psychologist.
-Born on December 04, 1925, Mundare Canada
-Died on July 26, 2021, Stanford, California, United States

REFERENCES:
https://www.verywellmind.com/how-you-can-practice-self-regulation-4163536#:~:text=Self
%2Dregulation%20is%20the%20ability,words%2C%20to%20think%20before%20acting.
https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/behaviour/understanding-behaviour/self-
regulation#:~:text=is%20self%2Dregulation%3F,Self%2Dregulation%20is%20the%20ability
%20to%20understand%20and%20manage%20your,focus%20on%20a%20task
https://www.iyi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Self-Regulation-Handout.pdf
https://psychologydictionary.org/standard/
https://positivepsychology.com/what-is-motivation/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/willpower