
Although there are several demonstrations of their effectiveness, there is still ongoing debate about the mediators and boundary conditions of these interventions. Interventions based on the RIM typically aim to change evaluative associations, to prevent deprivation-driven hyper-reactivity to stimuli, and to change approach/avoidance tendencies via computer-based training. Some examples of this are: ignoring danger: running into the street without checking traffic or jumping into a pool even though they can’t swim interrupting: frequently butting into conversations getting physical: pushing another child or throwing something when upset grabbing: Taking what they want. If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing between alternatives at a time when an impulsive decision seems very attractive. The impulsive system operates at a higher degree of automaticity compared to the reflective system but is, at the same time, constrained in its processing capabilities such as being unable to process negations. Quotes tagged as 'impulsive' Showing 1-30 of 43. Impulsive decisions can on the downside have adverse effects, not just in business or career it has wrecked personal relationships. Just that the calculations were at a much faster pace. There are rare and exceptional risk-takers, however, at the helm is an individual taking a calculated risk.

Within the impulsive system, motivational orientations of approach-avoidance as well as homeostatic dysregulation modulate the accessibility of representations in the impulsive system and, thereby, its reactivity to stimuli. Business decision making has no room for impulsiveness. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, characters have evidently not solved their conflicts very wisely because their decisions are based on their impassivity. The impulsive system operates based on associative representations, with behavioral schemata serving as a pathway to behavior that is also modulated by the reflective system. Romeo and Juliet- Impulsive Decisions The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet A simple decision can prove more fatal than death. The reflective system operates based on propositional representations and syllogistic reasoning and affects behavior via goal-driven decisions mediated via a process of intending, which activates goal-congruent behavioral schemata until the goal associated with the decision is reached. Impulsive attempts were more likely among those who had been in a physical fight and less likely among those who were depressed. Among the 153 case-subjects, 24 attempted impulsively.


The RIM explains behavior as being controlled by two interacting systems, which each follow a distinct set of operating principles. Attempts were considered impulsive if the respondent reported spending less than 5 minutes between the decision to attempt suicide and the actual attempt. This chapter describes the reflective-impulsive model (RIM) and elaborates those features that are functionally important for behavioral interventions.
