Get it over with: People choose more difficult tasks to get jobs done more quickly
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 18:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Putting off tasks until later, or procrastination, is a common phenomenon -- but new research suggests that pre-crastination -- hurrying to complete a task as soon as possible -- may also be common. The new findings suggest that people often opt to begin a task as soon as possible just to get it off their plate, even if they have to expend more physical effort to do so.