Choice to Procrastinate
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A Choice to Procrastinate is an inauthentic choice to carry out a less urgent tasks instead of a more urgent tasks.
- Example(s):
- surfing the web instead of ...
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Bingeing, Time Limit, Pleasure Principle, Coping Mechanism, Anxiety, Impulsiveness, Stress, Guilt, Productivity, Normality (Behavior), Social Stigma, Negative Life Pattern.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination Retrieved:2023-10-3.
- Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off important tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. It is often perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one's productivity, associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy, However, it can also be considered a wise response to certain demands that could present risky or negative outcomes or require waiting for new information to arrive. From a cultural and social perspective, students from both Western and non-Western cultures are found to exhibit academic procrastination, but for different reasons. Students from Western cultures tend to procrastinate in order to avoid doing worse than they have done before or failing to learn as much as they should have, whereas students from non-Western cultures tend to procrastinate in order to avoid looking incompetent or demonstrating a lack of ability in front of their peers. It is also important to consider how different cultural perspectives of time management can impact procrastination. For example, in cultures that have a multi-active view of time, people tend to place a higher value on making sure a job is done accurately before finishing. In cultures with a linear view of time, people tend to designate a certain amount of time on a task and stop once the allotted time has expired. A study of the behavioral patterns of pigeons through delayed gratification suggests that procrastination is not unique to humans but can also be observed in some other animals. There are experiments finding clear evidence for "procrastination" among pigeons, which show that pigeons tend to choose a complex but delayed task rather than an easy but hurry-up one. Procrastination has been studied by philosophers, psychologists and more recently behavioral economics.
2015
- (Lewis & Oyserman, 2015) ⇒ Neil A. Lewis, and Daphna Oyserman. (2015). “When Does the Future Begin? Time Metrics Matter, Connecting Present and Future Selves.” In: Psychological Science, April 23, 2015, doi:10.1177/0956797615572231
- QUOTE: People assume they should attend to the present; their future self can handle the future. This seemingly plausible rule of thumb can lead people astray, in part because some future events require current action. In order for the future to energize and motivate current action, it must feel imminent.
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination Retrieved:2014-11-9.
- Procrastination is the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones, and thus putting off impending tasks to a later time, sometimes to the "last minute" before the deadline. ...