Assertion: Self-control plays a crucial role in the fulfillment of short-term goals.

Reasoning: Self-control involves the ability to delay or defer the gratification of certain needs.

The assertion is false, but the reasoning is true.

Many situations of life require resistance to situational pressures and control over ourselves. This becomes possible through what is commonly known as ‘will power’. As human beings we can control our behaviour the way we want. We often decide to delay or defer the satisfaction of certain needs. Learning to delay or defer the gratification of needs is called self-control. Self-control plays a key role in the fulfilment of long-term goals. Indian cultural tradition provides us with certain effective mechanisms (e.g., fasting in vrata or roza and nonattachment with worldly things) for developing self-control.