What podcasts say about Kentaro Fujita
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What Kentaro Fujita has said on podcasts
65 statements · 37 positive · 18 negative · 3 mixed · 7 neutral
Thinking about broader purposes increases people’s ability to resist temptation.
“we have shown that if we can get people to think about their whys, the purposes behind their decisions, the broader purposes behind what they're doing, they're much more likely to be able to overcome the temptation.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 0:01
Longer marshmallow-test waiting correlated with better later-life outcomes.
“The longer children could wait before eating the single marshmallow, the more likely they were to do well in school, more likely to make more money, have more friends, have better physical and mental health, and also have lower incarceration and problematic social behavior reports.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 5:51
Children wait less when they perceive the experimenter as unreliable.
“When experimenters are unreliable, children do not wait.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 7:03
Unreliable experimenters reduce children’s willingness to delay gratification.
“When experimenters are unreliable, children do not wait.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 7:03
Children imitate aggressive behavior observed in adults.
“those that watched punched Bobo were more likely to punch Bobo themselves.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 8:03
Children are more likely to imitate aggressive behavior they observe in adults.
“those that watched punched Bobo were more likely to punch Bobo themselves.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 8:03
Unpredictable reward environments reduce children’s delay of gratification.
“if you come from a lower SES family where rewards come and go, just because you save now doesn't mean it's going to pay off later, they're not going to wait.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 12:11
Teaching self-control strategies improves children’s ability to delay gratification.
“When children learn them, their delayability got better.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 13:28
Self-control is learned over time rather than purely innate.
“self control isn't something innate. Instead it's something that we learn over time.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 13:35
Approach and avoidance movements can improve subsequent self-control.
“Having these movements towards the good stuff and away from the bad stuff does seem to improve self control afterwards.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 20:56
Approach-avoidance movements can improve subsequent self-control.
“Having these movements towards the good stuff and away from the bad stuff does seem to improve self control afterwards.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 20:56
Higher self-efficacy increases motivation and performance ability.
“We do know that as self efficacy goes up, your ability to do things, your motivation goes up and your ability to perform also goes up.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 23:43
Higher self-efficacy increases motivation and performance.
“We do know that as self efficacy goes up, your ability to do things, your motivation goes up and your ability to perform also goes up.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 23:43
Laboratory ego-depletion effects lack reliable replication.
“I think the consensus in the field is that it doesn't actually happen, or at least we can't get it to work in the lab.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 25:19
Ego depletion may be real despite inadequate laboratory methods.
“I think depletion is real. I just don't think we figured out how to bottle it up in the lab.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 27:38
Self-control depletion is a real phenomenon.
“I think depletion is real.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 27:38
Beliefs about willpower may determine whether difficult tasks feel depleting or energizing.
“people's lay beliefs about willpower might really play a key role in whether doing hard things makes you tired or whether doing hard things recharges you.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 28:18
Willpower training produces smaller benefits than people typically expect.
“reviews of this literature have suggested that the effect is much smaller than you might hope”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 31:59
Willpower training produces smaller-than-expected self-control gains.
“reviews of this literature have suggested that the effect is much smaller than you might hope”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 31:59
Behavioral and psychological self-control strategies can be taught and improve self-control.
“All these other strategies, behavioral and psychological strategies, or tools as we might refer to them, those can be taught, and those can in fact improve your self control.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 34:06
Behavioral and psychological strategies can improve self-control without relying on willpower.
“those can in fact improve your self control.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 34:13
Connecting temptations to broader personal purposes increases resistance to them.
“we show that that increases the odds that people will avoid the cake.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 39:09
Connecting dietary restraint to meaningful personal purposes increases cake avoidance.
“we show that that increases the odds that people will avoid the cake.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 39:09
Thinking about immediate costs can repel short-term temptations.
“They show that that served much like you were talking about the vomit response. It pushes people away far enough. They're in the short term mindset, they're thinking about short term things.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 40:03
No single self-control tool works universally.
“I don't think there's going to be one tool that's going to work for everybody.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 43:45
No single self-control strategy works equally well for everyone.
“I don't think there's going to be one tool that's going to work for everybody.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 43:45
Self-control is a personally tailored skill developed over a lifetime.
“self control is a skill that you tailor for yourself and it's a lifelong journey.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 45:38
Matching promotion motivation to offense and prevention motivation to defense may improve performance.
“you might do better if you're in a more promotion motivational state when you are on offense and a more prevention oriented motivational state when you're on defense.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 52:32
Matching motivational orientation to a task enhances performance.
“if you can get task motivation fit, if you can find the, if you can get yourself in the right motivation for the task at hand, you'll have enhanced performance.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 53:03
Matching motivational orientation to a task enhances performance.
“if you can get task motivation fit, if you can find the, if you can get yourself in the right motivation for the task at hand, you'll have enhanced performance.”
Open the episode · Master Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaListen at 53:03
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