Resistance to temptation as a function of internalization and three modes of self-verbalization

Abstract

Randomly assigned to three self-verbalization treatment conditions and a control 104 children who represented a very broad range of locus of control scores. Ss practiced self-instruction on the rules that they were to observe in the resistance to temptation test using one of three self-verbalization modes, which involved overt speech, covert speech, and a combination of overt and covert speech. Directly after self-verbalization treatment, Ss were placed in a resistance to temptation test that forbade them to play with a preferred toy. Latency scores were taken, and, as hypothesized, Ss who used a complete sequence of overt and covert speech in self-instruction achieved higher latency scores than others who used only one dimension. There was a significant interaction between Ss' (1) internalization (in locus of control) and self-verbalization treatment and (2) internalization and sex.

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