Sooner rather than later: precrastination rather than procrastination

Abstract: Putting things off as long as possible (procrastination) is a well-known tendency. Less well known is the tendency to attempt to get things done as soon as possible, even if that involves extra effort (precrastination). Since its discovery in 2014, precrastination has been demonstrated in humans and animals and has recently been revealed in an analogous tendency called the mere-urgency effect. Trying to get things done as soon as one can may reflect optimal foraging, but another less obvious factor may also contribute—reducing cognitive demands associated with having to remember what to do when. Individual differences may also play a role. Understanding precrastination will have important implications for explaining why hurrying happens as often as it does and may help reduce the chance that haste makes waste

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Current directions in psychological science. - 28, 3 (2019) , 229-233, ISSN: 1467-8721

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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2020
Urheber
Rosenbaum, David A.
Fournier, Lisa R.
Levy-Tzedek, Shelly
McBride, Dawn M.
Rosenthal, Robert
Sauerberger, Kyle
VonderHaar, Rachel L.
Wasserman, Edward
Zentall, Thomas R.
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
FRIAS Natur- und Lebenswissenschaften, Medizin und Ingenieurwissenschaften

DOI
10.1177/0963721419833652
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1524410
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