4) What is self -regulation? A self-directed process for monitoring and responding to your own thoughts, feelings , and behaviors to be able to think clearly, accomplish tasks and achieve goals A process for responding to the rules and regulations we encounter in society every day The guidelines others set for us that influence our lifestyles,our values, and our goals Self-directed criticism in which we closely examine the mistakes we have made in the past in order to prevent them from occurring again in the future