Impulsivity has been shown to be a major component of various neuropsychiatric disorders such as ADHD, substance abuse disorders and bipolar disorder.
Abnormal patterns of impulsivity may also be an acquired trait as a result of various neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury (TBI), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, intrauterine hypoxia, bacterial or viral infections or neurotoxicity as a result of chemical exposure.
As a personality trait, impulsivity is part of normal behavior as it contributes to adaptive functioning. To do something and not be aware, especially for young children, is relatively common.
Some researchers have proposed a 3-factor model according to impulsivity; attentional ("getting easily bored"), motor ("going into action") and cognitive ("inability to plan") factors.
five separate aspects of impulsivity:[6]
-Positive urgency; the tendency to act rashly while in a positive mood. Example : blinded by love, committing to a task with no feelings involved.
-Negative urgency; the tendency to act rashly while in a negative mood. Example : saying things out of anger, starting a fight.
-Lack of premeditation; the inability to anticipate the future consequences of actions. Example : ignorance towards teenage pregnancies or underage drinking, the sense of being "invincible" to the world.
-Lack of perseverance; the inability to follow through on a task. Example : lack of motivation.
-Sensation-seeking; the experience of positive feelings towards risky actions. Example : adrenaline rush, skydiving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulsivity
perasan tak masa kecik kecik dulu kite semua ada sense of impulsivity, kite buat apa kite rasa nak buat. tanpa perlu fikir apa kesan dia.. :) how cute an innocent child could be.
tapi sekarang kene hati hati dengan impulsive action of buying unnecessary cute stuffs.
