Watch Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

2023
1 Season

Having the mental fortitude to reach your goals seems forever unattainable. But here's the truth: Greater willpower and lasting success are well within your reach. Scientific Secrets for Self-Control is your guide to understanding—and mastering—the general theories behind self-control: what it is, how it works, and how you can take steps to improve it.

Scientific Secrets for Self-Control is a series that ran for 1 seasons (6 episodes) between November 1, 2023 and on The Great Courses

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Seasons

6. Romance, Finance, and Your Environment

November 1, 2023

Learn how to apply your newfound knowledge of self-control to your romantic relationships, your financial decisions, and your surroundings. As you cover topics including recent studies on happiness and self-control in relationships and the importance of playing offense against your environment, you

5. First Impressions and Stereotypes

November 1, 2023

Why do we tend to mimic one another during our social interactions? Why do we feel that we

4. Taming the Impulsive Beast

November 1, 2023

Many critics and pundits argue that we live in the most peaceful time in history. So why is aggression still so prevalent around the world? Encounter several core components of self-control, two of which explain why most people commonly refrain from aggressive behavior and one of which explains why aggression still exists.

3. Marshmallows, Monkeys, and Mortality

November 1, 2023

In this lecture, go inside the famous

2. Self-Control Successes and Failures

November 1, 2023

What are the secrets behind mastering self-control in your life? Why are specific individuals, from politicians to civil rights leaders, widely considered heroes of self-control? Why does it help to think of self-control as working like an internal thermostat? You

1. Why Is It So Hard to Do What We Should?

November 1, 2023

Critical to understanding self-control: understanding why we often fail at it. First, Professor DeWall explains one of the most influential models about how self-control works, and the two classic experiments that tested this model. Then, learn why depleted energy causes us to show poor self-control and how our individual characteristics shape this energy.

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Scientific Secrets for Self-Control is a series that ran for 1 seasons (6 episodes) between November 1, 2023 and on The Great Courses

Where to Watch Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

Scientific Secrets for Self-Control is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Scientific Secrets for Self-Control on demand at Amazon Prime and Amazon.