SciShow Psych: When Procrastination Isn't So Bad

Teacher or professor: SciShow Psych
Subject: Psychology
Content of the Lesson: It turns out that there are actually different kinds of procrastinators and sometimes, what feels like procrastination might actually be an adaptive way to get work done efficiently. Hosted by: Anthony Brown ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg , Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr.Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26178164 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886915001610 https://kar.kent.ac.uk/4475/1/Stoeber_%26_Joormann_Procrastination_2001.pdf https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4899-0227-6_7 http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/87800/7/WRRO_87800.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545097/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7783283_Rethinking_Procrastination_Positive_Effects_of_Active_Procrastination_Behavior_on_Attitudes_and_Performance https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19425357 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sowon_Kim2/publication/311676239_Procrastination_personality_traits_and_academic_performance_When_active_and_passive_procrastination_tell_a_different_story/links/59eb12940f7e9bfdeb6ce384/Procrastination-personality-traits-and-academic-performance-When-active-and-passive-procrastination-tell-a-different-story.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608011000823 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886917305081 https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/0b56283e-c2fa-43a4-bc29-34f6e4783c66/etd_pdf/7ea0cbef842a6734eb5210f11138443b/chowdhury-theconstructvalidityofactiveprocrastination.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551689/ ------ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bored-white-collar-worker-throwing-paper-airplane-in-office-gm512753786-87308163 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/young-woman-scrolling-and-texting-using-her-smartphone-young-woman-scrolls-the-social-media-feed-and-writes-a-message-using-her-smartphone-shes-in-her-home-office-hjexdrczhjy5cbxnj https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/girl-watching-funny-pictures-and-video-instead-of-working-gm1133256802-300726343 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/old-clock-ticking-ino67qz https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sad-female-freelancer-facing-deadline-gm973723102-264931906 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/young-woman-procrastinates-scrolling-her-smartphone-young-woman-scrolls-her-social-media-feed-she-procrastinates-and-doesnt-start-to-work-at-her-freelance-project-suj0b9xghjxg4ssgh https://www.videoblocks.com/video/hipster-working-late-at-night-in-creative-office-h5w9gvw6wj8zmp98l https://www.videoblocks.com/video/young-students-with-laptop-and-headphones-studying-in-a-library-hbzkmyavqfjf9qe93d https://www.videoblocks.com/video/businessman-stressing-over-his-work-nrgmicd https://www.videoblocks.com/video/asian-woman-architect-working-late-at-home-s8xkbl2n-j8nuticg https://www.videoblocks.com/video/housework-cleaning-and-housekeeping-concept---indian-man-picking-dirty-clothes-for-laundry-at-home-bmhkunoi4jv6zpfqi https://www.videoblocks.com/video/clothes-is-washing-in-the-washer-with-a-lot-of-foam-in-the-laundry-washday-using-the-washer-rhzhjw0dx4jpv99so3 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/businesswoman-drinking-coffee-and-text-messaging-with-feet-up-in-office-gm170153158-26948042 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/time-concept-bunch-of-watches-3d-render-gm1041713886-278888941


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