1、Unit 7 Psychology and Personality 东北大学大学英语Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 3 3 Topic Preview Pre-reading Questions Text C Reading Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Finish the following questionnaire to find out whether you like to postpone things.I never finish my work before the deadline.I have no
2、 working plan nor do I control how I use my time.I deceive myself into believing there is still enough time.I get busy with other stuff only to hold off doing the important things.I rush through my work and am often criticized by the boss.I never report on the ongoing process of my work.Classmates o
3、r workmates do not like to work with me.Topic Preview Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Pre-reading Questions 1.Do you sometimes put off what you should do today till tomorrow?2.How do you feel when you try to put off doing things to the deadline?3.Can you come up with some suggestions on how to get
4、 rid of the habit of putting off doing things?Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Text C Text Understanding the Organization of the Text Inferential Questions Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Text C What Kind of Procrastinator Are You?Procrastination is such that we hate doing it when were doing it,b
5、ut even so,we have a hard time stopping ourselves.Once we recognize why we put things off,we can develop habits to reverse our impulses.To find your procrastination style,take our mini-quiz.When you put something off,what do you feel,think,and do?Pick one from each group.*How do you FEEL when you ar
6、e procrastinating?A.Overwhelmed.B.Guilty.C.Annoyed.*What do you THINK when you are procrastinating?A.Oh,I really shouldnt be procrastinating.I should be doing that.And that,too.B.Im only making it worse but I cant help myself.C.Shouldnt someone else be working on that project?Psychology and Personal
7、ity UNIT 7*What do you DO when you are procrastinating?A.I am doing a lot of little things to keep all the balls in the air.B.Nothing,but I think about it.C.I grouse a bit and then forget about what Im supposed to do.If you chose mostly A answers,read about Pinball Procrastinators below;if mostly Bs
8、,youre likely a Paralyzed Procrastinator;and if Cs,you are Put-upon.If you had a variety of letters in your answer,look for yourself in all three types,because youve developed a hybrid style of stalling.Pinball Procrastinator.Youve got plenty of good ideas.They seem to spring up in almost every conv
9、ersation,making you the go-to person for your less-productive friends.On the flip side,lots of good ideas mean lots to get done.And you definitely want to if only you werent feeling so overwhelmed by it all.Sure,youre busy,bouncing from one pursuit to another,but somehow you dont end up doing what n
10、eeds to get done now.Whats really stopping you:Not knowing how to start or tackle the task.Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Paralyzed Procrastinator.There are many entry points to this place of inaction.You might be backing away from something you know will be hard.Or youre used to others criticizi
11、ng or re-doing your work.Then again,you could have set the bar too high for yourself.All of these land you in the same situation:waiting patiently for the perfect moment to get it right,until you wait so long that theres no time left for you to accomplish your task.Whats really stopping you:Your rel
12、uctance to be judged by others,yourself,or both.Put-upon Procrastinator.Youre one of the most productive people you know.Thats why the label of procrastinator doesnt quite seem right.But if you list your accomplishments,youll find a persistent number of not-so-interesting or more difficult tasks tha
13、t arent getting done.Is it paperwork?Writing thank-you notes?Taking down the recycling?The common element is that its boring,and not that important to you.So you regularly put it off in favor of more significant stuff.Whats really stopping you:Boredom,and a belief that what you should be doing is no
14、t a good use of your time.Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Did you see yourself in one of these?Or a bit in all three?By admitting that you procrastinate,and digging into the reasons,you take a giant step forward.But dont be tempted to stop there.You also need to tackle how you procrastinate.Consid
15、er these popular delay tactics and some strategies to undo them.Productive procrastination.Youre busy getting stuff done,crossing items off your list and actively avoiding you-know-what.But as long as you remain on-the-go,no one can say you dont have a good excuse,right?Here is what you need to do i
16、f you want to stop this:Put only the critical items on your to-do list,and dont let yourself stray from your set agenda.Unproductive procrastination.Similar to productive procrastination,you push the unwanted to-do off your radar,but instead of filling your time with lots of other tasks,you simply go about your day as if the unwanted task didnt exist.Here is what you need to do if you want to stop this:Turn the task from invisible to unavoidable.Psychology and Personality UNIT 7 Make it an obsta
