Time Perspective & Procrastination Extra Reading Flashcards
Hall and Fong (2015)
Future-oriented time perspective is influenced more by long-term _________, i.e. _________
Contingencies
Cost-benefit
Hall and Fong (2015)
What was the objective (2)
Association between TP and health behaviours
Association between TP and BMI
Hall and Fong (2015)
What were the findings (study 1)
Future oriented = more frequent HBs
Lower impulsivity = more HBs
Hall and Fong (2015)
Study 1 found that contributions of TP and ID’s were non-overlapping, supporting the idea that they are
Conceptually different
Hall and Fong (2015)
What were the Study 2 findings.
TP is positively associated with HBs and negatively associated with BMI
Hall and Fong (2015)
There was also evidence of healthier behaviour practices in those with
A future time perspective
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
Why might men and women not undergo health screenings/lifestyle changes
Upsets their current state of ignorance
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
What is CFC
Consideration of future consequences
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
The present research begins from the assumption that ID’s in TP will guide how….
Persuaded they are by health communication
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
Individual CFCs represent a cognitive mindset which determines the extent to which an individual is influenced by
Potenital immediate/distant outcomes of deciding how to act
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
Low CFC =
High immediate needs
High CFC =
Focus on future implications of behaviour
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
What was hypothesised
High CFC = more sensitive to consequences, more motivated
Low CDC = less likely to undergo T2D screening
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
Low CFC individuals were likely to be least favourably disposed towards screening, when negative
Consequences were presented as ST and positive consequences LT
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
Who was more persuaded when the positive outcomes of screening were presented as long-lasting?
High CFC
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
Overall, the study concluded that high CFC people are
More disposed to LT preventative health behaviours
Orbell and Haggar (2006)
The present findings suggest that careful emphasis of the ST consequences in health communication might…
Increase motivation among the low CFC
Sirois and Pychyl (2013)
Procrastination reflects a ______ _______ in our self-regulation
Basic breakdown
Sirois and Pychyl (2013)
Procrastination reflects a basic breakdown in our
Self continuity
Sirois and Pychyl (2013)
One conception of the intrapsychic processes behind SR failure is
Primacy of ST mood repair over LT goal pursuit
Sirois and Pychyl (2013)
Unpleasant emotional states tend to cause SR to
Break down
Sirois and Pychyl (2013)
Unpleasant emotional states tend to result in a breakdown of SR. Present self then benefits from the
Immediate mood repair