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Scripps College

Awareness of one’s behavior in order to measure it against societal norms
The ability to process and comprehend how others react to certain behaviors and action and act accordingly. 
The ability to detect threats even in very intricate and complicated situations.
The motivation to adjust one’s actions and behaviors to be congruent with social norms and expectations



Four Psychological Components of Self Regulation

Understanding and successfully navigating group dynamics and relationships proved to be crucial to our ancestors’ survival. Individuals who understood how to adapt to a diverse variety of social settings were prosperous in their pursuit of reproducing and bestowing their genes on to future generations. Belonging to a group provides many advantages such as communal resources, safety, and support, therefore when individuals sense their connection to a group is being jeopardized, they experience anxiety and engage in forms of self-regulation.


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