Gendler emphasized that choosing to work on a difficult assignment rather than procrastinating is no different than suppressing any other instinct. “Engaging in activities with regard to which we tend to procrastinate requires inhibition of our typical response to a cue,” Gendler said. “But we’...
This line of research is as theoretically driven as most laboratory investigations in social psychology, and it involves experimental approaches with random assignment, control groups, and the like. However, most of this work recruits participants in ecologically interesting contexts such as community ...
I was in the middle of an evening assignment for work taking part in a tour I had to do a writeup on when I saw my phone ringing. I knew – I don’t know how I knew, but I knew this was going to be the call with the dreaded news. I had no choice – I couldn’t answer...