Roy Baumeister || Willpower, Violence, and Free Will

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Roy Baumeister brings the methods of social psychology to bear on some of life’s deepest philosophical problems. In the second part of this two part series (see Part I), we cover the psychology of self-control, evil, sex differences, and free will. In addition to Roy responding to the critics of his “ego-depletion” model of self-control, he also offers some practical strategies to improve willpower for goal attainment, looking at how successful people set up habits that deplete less energy. We also speak to him about the four root causes of violence, looking at research on why perpetrators commit atrocities, and we discuss his controversial research on sex differences and some of the ways that society uses men and women differently. Lastly, we discuss whether humans are special in a way that makes us exempt from the natural laws of causality. We’re appreciative of having had the opportunity to speak with Roy and regardless of whether you agree or disagree with his views (we encourage diverse perspectives on the show), we hope these two episodes (this week’s and last week’s) offer a great deal of value to our listeners. Enjoy the show and visit thegreatcoursesplus.com/psych to get your free trial and access to over 8,000 free online lectures. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:07.0	Each episode will feature a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.
0:14.4	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:17.5	Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. Next. Right now we're really excited to be speaking with our guest Roy Balmeister.
0:41.7	Roy is a professor at both the University of Queensland and Florida State University.
0:47.0	He's authored more than 500 publications and is co-authored or edited almost 30 books.
0:52.0	He is one of the most highly cited psychologists of all time.
0:55.1	This is part two of a two-part series.
0:58.0	You've also studied willpower.
1:00.1	Another small topic. Let me just, because in the interest of time, like, can you just tell me one or two things people can do to increase their
1:08.0	willpower?
1:09.0	Because that's something that people, you know, like goal achievement, goal attainment, the biggest thing they'll get in their way is lack of willpower like I want to go to gym and lose weight but that juicy
1:19.2	cookie is right in front of me and I've lost the willpower. So what's there some strategies to increase before?
1:24.4	Well, first let me say that the glass of willpower
1:27.2	is half full and half empty.
1:29.3	The people think a lot and the big positive psychology survey on the values and stuff
1:34.5	found that people rate self-control as one of their biggest weaknesses.
1:39.0	Rarely does it come up as one of one's biggest strengths?
1:42.7	So it seems to be a widespread perception
1:45.0	that we don't have enough self-control.
1:47.3	And in terms of reaching our ideals
1:49.6	and being the person we want to be,
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