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impulse control Psychology The degree to which a person can control the desire for immediate gratification or other; IC may be the single most important indicator of a person's future adaptation in terms of number of friends, school
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Their brains are still developing and they have poor impulse control and other developmental needs'. An optimistic view of felons, one held tightly by gun-control groups, sees felons as something akin to wayward children: the felons, like children, have poor impulse control, and so to stop them from behaving badly, one need only strictly regulate dangerous items and then discipline the felons each time they act badly so that they learn their lessons and become model citizens. In contrast, volunteers with the strong-MAOA gene displayed less intense responses to emotional input and more activity related to impulse control. |
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