Nick Heather on Motivational Interviewing pre-comittment and Ulysses

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14-12-2009
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Nick talks about the theory of how people resist temptation by findings ways of increasing the value later, larger rewards relative to earlier, smaller rewards, as described in the work of Jon Elster and George Ainslie..
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1) Book: Elster, J. (1984). Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies in Rationality and Irrationality (Revised ed.).
Elster, J. (1984). Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies in Rationality and Irrationality (Revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2) Book: Elster, J. (2000). Ulysses Unbound: Studies in Rationality, Precommitment and Constraints.
Elster, J. (2000). Ulysses Unbound: Studies in Rationality, Precommitment and Constraints. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3) Book: Elster, J. (Ed.). (1999). Addiction: Entries and Exits.
Elster, J. (Ed.). (1999). Addiction: Entries and Exits. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
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