Self-Regulated Standards for Individual Behavior

Self-regulated Standards
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On most occasions, individual behavior is mostly guided by their internalized performance and moral standards. I have frequently behaved in a certain way because of my moral standards and performance. An example is when one of my acquaintances asked to lie about having visited him in the hospital. It was something that someone else could easily do, but this was hard for me. I had to tell him that I would not forgive myself for lying because I had already cultivated a culture of telling the truth in me. Although he felt hurt at the moment, he later came to understand that I have a moral standard that I cannot compromise because it is something that affects how I feel about myself.
According to Beauchamp et al. (2019), there is a difference between intrinsic and extrinsic reinforcement. Intrinsic reinforcement involves an individual doing something because they get personal satisfaction. Thus an individual behaves in ...