AOW - Procrastination

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  1. negative stimulus
    a stimulus with undesirable consequences
    "If you're walking in the rain and you put up your umbrella, that's called negative reinforcement: taking away a negative stimulus," Pychyl says.
  2. anhedonia
    an inability to experience pleasure
    They reach a magic moment when all the lethargy and anhedonia and despair disappear and they become work machines, but when they meet the challenge, they don't celebrate," says Sommer, who draws a parallel between procrastination and subliminal rebellion.
  3. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
    "Students fret and worry and self-castigate.
  4. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
    They reach a magic moment when all the lethargy and anhedonia and despair disappear and they become work machines, but when they meet the challenge, they don't celebrate," says Sommer, who draws a parallel between procrastination and subliminal rebellion.
  5. conscientiousness
    the trait of being painstaking and careful
    Other variables include impulsivity, low conscientiousness, and low self-worth.
  6. luminary
    a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
    But these luminaries might meet their match at any given college during the run-up to finals week, as undergrads compete for the prize in Outstanding Delayed Volition.
  7. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
    They're free at last, and in their freedom comes a torpor—there's nothing to fight against, nothing to cram for," Sommer says.
  8. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
    Procrastination 101: The science of putting it off
    The pantheon of procrastinators boasts many famous names: Bill Clinton, Duke Ellington, Wong Kar-wai, the Messiah.
  9. volition
    the act of making a choice
    But these luminaries might meet their match at any given college during the run-up to finals week, as undergrads compete for the prize in Outstanding Delayed Volition.
  10. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
    Joseph Ferrari, a professor and procrastination expert at DePaul University, has noted that anxiety and fear of failure can lead to "self-handicapping," whereby we protect our sense of self by contriving an excuse in advance for our expected failure.
  11. blunder
    an embarrassing mistake
    How we blunder into that situation in the first place may have to do with instant gratification.
Created on Wed Jun 27 13:05:42 EDT 2012

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