本书从心理学和脑科学两个方面对中国外语学习者的学业延迟满足、自我调节学习、未来时间洞察力这三个对学生学业成就具有重要影响的因素进行了全面研究：第一，本书从对学业延迟满足、自我调节学习、未来时间洞察力的概念和研究发展等情况进行了文献综述；第二，根据中国外语学习者的特点编制了学业延迟满足和自我调节学习策略的专用量表，并通过统计验证了量表的信度和效度；第三，通过问卷调查、访谈、记录、测试实验等方法调查并分析了三要素之间的相互关系，以及每个要素对外语学习者听说读写译五项成绩的影响，并设计了因果关系模型图，验证了三要素之间的因果关系，以及它们是如何交互作用干外语学习者的学业成绩的；第四，通过对先前研究的汇总，归纳了学业延迟满足、自我调节学习和未来时间洞察力的神经机制；第五，根据本书的系列结论，对外语教师提出建议，并且针对学生的学习拖延行为提出了相关解决的对策。

Chapter 1 A Research of Delay of Gratification
Section 1 The concept of delay of gratification
Section 2 The research paradigm of delay of gratification ability
Section 3 Training methods of delay of gratification ability
Chapter 2 A Research of Academic Delay of Gratification
Section 1 The concept and development of academic delay of gratification
Section 2 Influencing factors of academic delay of gratification
Section 3 The role of academic delay of gratification
Section 4 Problems in the study of learners' academic delay of gratification
Chapter 3 A Research of Self-Regulated Learning
Section 1 The concept and development of self-regulated learning
Section 2 Influencing factors of self-regulated learning
Section 3 The role of self-regulated learning
Section 4 Problems in the study of learners' self-regulated learning
Chapter 4 A Research of Future Time Perspective
Section 1 The concept and development of future time perspective
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