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What is a notable aspect of Amanda Palmer's persona?

  • Victorian and repressed
  • Dionysian in nature (correct)
  • A traditional romantic figure
  • Conventional and disciplined

How did Amanda Palmer formally announce her engagement?

  • In a public concert
  • During a televised interview
  • Through a newspaper article
  • Via a morning-after confession on Twitter (correct)

What prompted Amanda Palmer to adopt the persona of the Eight Foot Bride?

  • Influence from street performances in Germany (correct)
  • A desire to become a professional actress
  • Advice from her music mentor
  • Inspiration from traditional wedding ceremonies

What experience did Palmer credit as part of her 'ultimate Zen training ground'?

<p>Posing as a living statue (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What challenges did Amanda Palmer face while performing as a living statue?

<p>She was sometimes insulted or attacked by passersby (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What impact do long work hours have on personal relationships, according to Baumeister's research?

<p>They drain emotional energy, leading to increased conflicts. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a notable outcome observed from the radish experiment involving emotional control?

<p>Emotional control efforts depleted participants' willpower, reducing stamina. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'white bear challenge' illustrate about human thought control?

<p>Thought suppression often leads to the opposite effect, increasing unwanted thoughts. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What differentiates the white bear from subjects' mothers in the thought control experiments?

<p>Mothers are associated with complex emotional baggage, while white bears are neutral. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the hand squeezing experiment reveal about emotional management?

<p>Exerting control over emotions depletes physical endurance regardless of expression. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main mental challenge faced by Palmer while posing as a living statue?

<p>The inability to move or react to stimuli (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Palmer typically structure her work during a day of performing?

<p>Working in short bursts followed by longer breaks (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What main effect did the radish experiment demonstrate about willpower?

<p>It can become fatigued and reduce a person's perseverance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What behavior did students in the radish condition exhibit towards the cookies?

<p>They longingly observed and smelled the cookies but did not taste them (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements best represents the conclusion drawn from the radish study?

<p>Willpower behaves like a muscle that can be fatigued (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of trying not to think about a white bear on subsequent cognitive tasks?

<p>It leads to a quicker loss of concentration on tasks. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term did Baumeister use to describe the diminished capacity to regulate thoughts and feelings as a result of exerting willpower?

<p>Ego depletion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the brain is involved in monitoring conflicts between intended actions and actual behaviors?

<p>Anterior cingulate cortex (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Freud's theory regarding the conversion of instinctual energy into social behavior called?

<p>Sublimation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the method used by Inzlicht and Gutsell to study brain activity related to ego depletion?

<p>Electroencephalographic recording (EEG) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Amanda Palmer's Persona

Amanda Palmer's public image and performance style, often characterized as unconventional, provocative, and Dionysian, contrasting with a perceived lack of self-control.

Living Statue Stamina

The ability to hold a rigid pose for extended periods, often in public displays.

Self-Control in Art

Amanda Palmer's success involves a high degree of self-discipline, despite appearing to be spontaneous and undisciplined in public persona.

Nonreactivity

The mental discipline of resisting temptations and distractions in a challenging situation, such as a living statue act.

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Living Statue Performance

A performance art style where the performer stands motionless, often in elaborate costumes, in a public place, engaging with onlookers. Palmer utilized this style for six years.

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Physical Toll of Nonreactivity

Although mental, prolonged nonreactivity takes a physical toll on the body, causing exhaustion and fatigue.

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Street Performance

Public performance in a place like Harvard Square, utilizing a form of street theater, requiring both creative discipline and persistence.

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Willpower as a Muscle

The concept that willpower, like a muscle, can be fatigued from use and its strength can fluctuate over time.

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Radish Experiment

A social science experiment illustrating that resisting temptation depletes willpower, impacting subsequent tasks.

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Eight Foot Bride

The name Amanda Palmer used for embodying the living statue street performance, usually in a formal wedding dress, standing on a box.

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Uncontrolled Public Image vs. Discipline

The concept of expressing oneself freely or controversially as a public figure (like Palmer's early engagement announcement) while maintaining self-discipline to have a sustained or successful career.

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Depletion of Willpower

The concept that resisting temptation uses up a limited reservoir of self-control.

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Zen Training Ground

Amanda Palmer's phrase for how the living statue performance helped her develop self-control and discipline needed to achieve success in her musical career.

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Insoluble Puzzles

Problems, activities, or tasks that are unsolvable. In the experiment, they served as a measure of perseverance following the depletion of willpower.

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Changeful Potency of Willpower

The idea that willpower is not a constant, fixed trait but fluctuates depending on factors like previous exertion.

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Baumeister's Research

Research that revealed how willpower expended at work can negatively impact relationships at home.

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Willpower Depletion

The reduction in self-control and energy after exerting willpower in one area (e.g., work), impacting other areas (e.g., relationships).

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Radish Experiment

A study demonstrating willpower depletion by requiring participants to resist eating tempting foods.

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Emotional Suppression

The act of controlling or concealing emotional reactions. It reduces energy.

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White Bear Experiment

A test exploring the difficulty people have controlling their thoughts, specifically the inability to resist thinking about a specific subject.

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Thought Control

The concept that individuals have limited control over their own thoughts.

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Willpower

The mental resource that enables self-control and making difficult choices.

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Emotional Reactions

The feelings and responses, such as crying and laughter, that people experience.

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Control Group

A group of participants in a study who experience the normal course of events or do not receive any special treatment. Their responses are compared to the experimental groups.

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White Bear Experiment

A psychological experiment exploring self-control; participants were asked to suppress thoughts of a white bear, impacting their subsequent cognitive and emotional control.

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Ego Depletion

The idea that self-control is a limited resource; exerting it in one area diminishes it in others.

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Anterior Cingulate Cortex

A brain region responsible for monitoring discrepancies between intended actions and actual actions, involved in conflict resolution.

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Electroencephalographic Recording (EEG)

A technique measuring electrical activity in the brain using electrodes.

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Conflict-Monitoring System

The brain's system for detecting inconsistencies between intended actions and actions actually taken.

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Willpower

The capacity to override impulses and regulate thoughts/behaviors to achieve goals.

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Sublimation

(Freud's theory) Transformation of basic instincts into socially acceptable behaviors.

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Stroop Task

A task requiring participants to name the color of printed words, often with conflicting color-word pairings.

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Event-Related Negativity

A specific spike in electrical activity related to conflicts in the brain.

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Study Notes

Amanda Palmer and Willpower

  • Palmer's persona is described as Dionysian, not Victorian or repressed.
  • Her unconventional engagement announcement (on Twitter) reflects a lack of traditional formality.
  • Her success requires practice, even for a seemingly uncontrolled persona. Living statueship proved a form of Zen training.

Street Performing as Zen Training

  • Palmer's "Eight Foot Bride" performance, began in 1998, involved posing motionless on a box.
  • People would insult, throw things, or try to make her react.
  • The physical aspect was learning to not react, including resisting coffee-induced tremors, not moving her eyes, or reacting to people.
  • The mental discipline outweighed physical exertion.
  • The performance consumed ninety minutes of standing at a time.

The Radish Experiment

  • Demonstrates willpower as a finite, depletable resource.
  • Students resisting cookies and chocolates showed diminished later perseverance on geometry puzzles.
  • The findings challenge and contradict some theories of self-control.
  • Willpower is like a muscle, tiring with use, similar to an athletes muscles

Ego Depletion

  • Ego depletion is the diminished capacity to regulate thoughts, feelings, and actions after exerting willpower.

  • Ego depletion can be caused by other factors such as decision-making.

  • This has been shown by many experiments involving various subjects, in numerous contexts.

  • Ego depletion affects all areas of willpower such as emotional control, performance control, and impulse control.

Detecting Ego Depletion

  • Ego depletion doesn't manifest consistently in terms of observable emotions.
  • A general increase in the intensity of feelings (e.g., sadness, joy, fear) is a good indicator.
  • Its particularly relevant to people with addictive behaviors because cravings strengthen when willpower is diminished

Willpower Conservation

  • Willpower can be consciously or unconsciously conserved, especially for future use.
  • The presence of potential rewards often enhances people's ability to persist past inevitable ego depletion.
  • Conversely, lack of foresight regarding future demands can also lead to an earlier exhaustion of willpower.

Lessons on Willpower

  • People have a limited amount of willpower.

  • Willpower is not compartmentalized (i.e., it's used for all tasks).

  • Using willpower for one task affects your ability to use it for others.

  • Focusing on one task at a time is key to managing willpower, and maintaining progress.

  • Overloading oneself with too many tasks reduces willpower availability and makes mistakes unavoidable.

  • Avoiding a multitude of New Year resolution, is advisable because willpower is finite and competing goals deplete it faster.

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Explore the unique perspectives of Amanda Palmer's persona and her innovative street performances as forms of Zen training. This quiz delves into the psychological concepts of willpower and self-control demonstrated through real-life experiments. Gain insights into how willpower can be both a physical and mental discipline.

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