Browsing Theses by Subject "inhibition"
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'Oops! I can't believe I did that!' Inducing Errors in a Routine Action Sequence
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-21)‘What was I thinking ?!?’ – No matter age, intelligence or social status, we all experience moments like these. Perhaps it is walking into a room and forgetting what you went there to do or maybe failing to add sugar to ... -
Procrastination as Self-regulatory Failure: Habitual Avoidance and Inhibitory Control Moderate the Intention-Behaviour Relation for Unpleasant Tasks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-25)Recent conceptualizations of procrastination suggest that procrastination is akin to self-regulatory failure wherein the effect of good intentions is attenuated for individuals who tend to procrastinate. Some researchers ... -
Retrieval-induced forgetting: Testing the competition assumption of inhibition theory
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-02)Practicing the retrieval of some information can lead to poorer retrieval of other related information; this phenomenon is called retrieval-induced forgetting. This pattern has been explained as the result of inhibition ...