Self-control—or the ability to manage one's impulses, emotions, and behaviors to achieve long-term goals—is what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. Self-control is primarily rooted ...

Psychologist Roy Baumeister reflects on his groundbreaking 1998 research on self-control and shares how it became the dominant theory despite its unpopular Freudian roots. Back in 1996, Roy Baumeister ...

What is it about self-control that makes it so difficult to rely on? Self-control is a skill we all possess–yet we tend to give ourselves little credit for it. Self-control is so fleeting for most ...

In the late 1950s, noted psychologist Walter Mischel spent several summers doing field research in a remote village on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. The villagers consisted of two ethnic ...