Chapter 4 – Behaviour control: the self in action p 115
Contents
What you do, and what it means...........................................................................................................2
Action identifcation..........................................................................................................................2
Levels of meaning..........................................................................................................................2
Changing meaning.........................................................................................................................2
Different meaning, same level.......................................................................................................2
Goals, plans, intentions......................................................................................................................3
Setting and pursuing goals.............................................................................................................3
Hierarchy of goals..........................................................................................................................4
Reaching goals: what’s the plan?...................................................................................................4
Common mistakes in planning.......................................................................................................4
Freedom and choice..............................................................................................................................5
Freedom of action.............................................................................................................................5
More or less free............................................................................................................................5
Free actions comes from inside.....................................................................................................5
Having an out, versus no escape....................................................................................................5
Making choices..................................................................................................................................5
Two steps of choosing...................................................................................................................5
Influences on choice......................................................................................................................6
Reactance......................................................................................................................................6
Self-regulation.......................................................................................................................................7
Irrationality and self-destruction...........................................................................................................8
Suicide...............................................................................................................................................8
Contents
What you do, and what it means...........................................................................................................2
Action identifcation..........................................................................................................................2
Levels of meaning..........................................................................................................................2
Changing meaning.........................................................................................................................2
Different meaning, same level.......................................................................................................2
Goals, plans, intentions......................................................................................................................3
Setting and pursuing goals.............................................................................................................3
Hierarchy of goals..........................................................................................................................4
Reaching goals: what’s the plan?...................................................................................................4
Common mistakes in planning.......................................................................................................4
Freedom and choice..............................................................................................................................5
Freedom of action.............................................................................................................................5
More or less free............................................................................................................................5
Free actions comes from inside.....................................................................................................5
Having an out, versus no escape....................................................................................................5
Making choices..................................................................................................................................5
Two steps of choosing...................................................................................................................5
Influences on choice......................................................................................................................6
Reactance......................................................................................................................................6
Self-regulation.......................................................................................................................................7
Irrationality and self-destruction...........................................................................................................8
Suicide...............................................................................................................................................8
