Exam 2 Flashcards
Time-Discipline
-A shift from the task to the time (as measured by clocks)
-Industry/work
Learning punctuality
Industry/work, religion, and school
Learning Time-Discipline
One of the ways we “learn” to be on time is by attending school as children
Punctuality
Timeliness regarding work-related tasks or responsibilities
Origin of deadlines
-A physical line around a military prison
-The line beyond which any prisoner who ventured would be shot
Research findings on punctuated equilibrium
-Groups with a specific deadline initially work by experimenting with different approaches
-Halfway to the deadline reorient and follow a new approach in order to meet timeline
Scheduling
The sequencing and duration of plans are known and formalized
Temporal symmetry
-Temporal coordination that permits people to engage in the same activities at the same time
-Value on the intersubjective
Pottering
Occupy oneself in a casual but pleasant manner, doing a number of tasks
Quality time
Concentrated, unstressed, uninterrupted time with loved ones
Goal of quality time
Making up in quality what is missed in quantity
Scarcity
The view of time as a limited and exhaustible resource
4 types of sleep deprivation
Total sleep deprivation, partial sleep deprivation, chronic sleep deprivation, and sleep fragmentation
Total sleep deprivation
Avoiding sleep for one night or more
Partial sleep deprivation
Less sleep for a night
Chronic sleep deprivation
Weeks, months, years
Sleep fragmentation
Interruptions to sleep
Sleep inertia
Brain needs time to wake up
Sleep switch
Homeostatic drive for sleep at night (after being awake for hours)
Circadian pacemaker
Neurological timing device
Social identity
A person’s sense of who they are based on their group membership(s)
Conspicuous Consumption of Time
-Theory of saying “I am the scarce resource, and therefore I am valuable”
-Humblebragging
Flexibility
The degree of rigidity in time structuring or task completion plans
Difference of flexibility and scheduling
A schedule can be either rigid/certain or flexible
Flextime
Coming in or leaving at an alternative time
Remote Work
-Working at an alternative location
-Facilitated by mobile communication technologies