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A new, very compelling study finds no ego depletion effect. Before we say goodbye to depletion, I want us to learn one last thing from it. It's not about research methods or even about motivation. (1/6)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-motivated-brain/202012/the-last-thing-you-need-know-about-ego-depletion
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-motivated-brain/202012/the-last-thing-you-need-know-about-ego-depletion
The final lesson from the rise and fall of ego depletion is on how we choose which topics to study. It's worth pondering why there are so many ego depletion studies. (2/6)
I admit to being part of this. But once the conceptual and methodological issues began to emerge around 2010, there was good reason to doubt the ecological validity of the effect. If we can barely get it in the lab, how much force could it possibly have in people's lives? (3/6)
Thanks to Wil Hofmann, @MarinaMilyav, @kaitlynmwerner, @minzlicht, @malfrie, and many others we've known for a while that willpower has little do to with self-control success in real life. This classic study (with Baumeister!) came out in 2012! (4/6) https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2011-28783-001
Sometimes the field of self-control feels like we're all focused on the same little patch of dirt (which isn't even that relevant to everyday life) while a vast unknown territory awaits. (5/6)
We end every paper saying “more research is needed” on this or that topic. The definition of a cliche is something we hear so often we don’t process its meaning. Is more research really needed? Why? The lesson of ego depletion is that, sometimes, we can give up and move on. (6/6)
