impulse control
Stopping rash actions
Impulse control is the ability to resist urges, delay gratification, or think before acting.
Poor impulse control leads to blurting things out, overspending, or grabbing that second slice of cake.
The term appears frequently in psychology and discussions of child development, ADHD, and addiction: He's working on his impulse control in therapy.
- self-regulationManaging one's own behavior
- restraintControl over impulses
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- delayed gratificationPostponing pleasure for benefit
- sleep on itDelay deciding until tomorrow
stop and think · decision-making · addiction · moderation · emotional regulation · willpower · coping mechanisms · cognitive flexibility · count to ten · habit formation · perseverance · metacognition · exposure therapy · OCD · attention · working memory · patience · bite your tongue
- teen cognitionteen brain, cognitive growth, executive function, decision-making, abstract thinking
- controlcommand, management, supervision, guidance, steering
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- life skillsreading, writing, cooking, cleaning, laundry
impulse controlimpulsivity
Acting without considering consequences
impulsiveness · disinhibition · instant gratification · knee-jerk reactions · recklessness
impulse controlvolatility
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
erratic behavior · recklessness · impetuousness · hot-headedness · rashness