Episode
Task Characteristics, Motivation and Self-Control
iProcrastinate Podcast · May 17, 2010 · 27 min
Here's an interesting study about how the characteristics of a task affect our procrastination. I summarize this interesting new study, providing a summary of how task characteristics (e.g., task difficulty) as well as our motivation (e.g., I do it only because I have to) and self-control (e.g., I am good at resisting temptation) help explain why we might procrastinate on the task at hand. You…