Investigative Control: The Role Of Emotionful Control In Children

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The concept of effortful control involves the child’s ability to purposely focus their attention in order to control a behavior or action, even after the action or behavior has already been started. This involves regulating their thoughts first in order to control the action, as a secondary step in the process they effect this change in action. Thus, the cognitive process is what allows the child to put in an effort to control their actions. As the skills of effortful control develop a child is essentially learning how to self-regulate and implement control over their actions in a willful way. An example of this would be when a child is picking an after school snack. The child sees a small candy bar on the counter and as they are going to