Self regulation
Locate scholarly research articles on delay of gratification and self-regulation. Consider technology and self-regulation.
• Describe ways that technology has impacted people's ability to self-regulate their behavior.
• Select one area of self-regulatory behavior and describe how that area is affected by technology.
• Use examples from media (news reports, commercials, television shows, movies) to illustrate the conflict between impulse and socially beneficial behavior.
• Explain how research findings support (or do not) the connection between technology and delay of gratification or self-regulation.