Question

This morning you awoke to the wonderful smell of cinnamon rolls cooking. Your roommate offers you one of these fresh baked delicacies, but you choose the healthier option of oatmeal and fruit. When you get to class, you see that one of your classmates brought in doughnuts. Due to _________, you will have a harder time demonstrating restraint.

a. analysis paralysis
b. diminishing returns
c. ego-depletion
d. decision exhaustion

Answer 1

The answer is c. ego depletion.

Step-by-step explanation:

The concept of ego depletion states that self-control is influenced by the amount of available mental energy, meaning the resources for self-control are limited. This way, it's possible to assume that a self-control requiring task will affect another similar situation in the future (the first task has depleted some of the "self-control energy" available).