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PSY 355 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
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One common problem of motivation is procrastination, or putting offuntil the very last
moment doing what is necessary to attain one’sgoals, which is discussed briefly in
chapters seven and 10 of thecourse text. According to Clayton Taylor-Ladd (1996-2007),
the twobasic types of procrastinators are:
• The relaxed type places littleimportance on the goal, so leaves it to be done until there
is nothingbetter to do in an effort to not get stressed over the "insignificant,"but rather
doing what brings more enjoyment to him/her. Ironically,the great dichotomy in life
eventually wins out and the stress therelaxed type is trying to avoid materializes in
spades.
• The tense-afraid type feels, overwhelmed bypressures, “unrealistic about time,
uncertain about goals, dissatisfiedwith accomplishments, indecisive, blaming others or
circumstances forhis/her failures, lacking in self-confidence and, sometimes
isperfectionistic,” (¶ 2)
Choose one of the two types of procrastinator above and describewhat you might do to
help your client overcome the procrastination, andreinforce the motivation towards his or
her goal.
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PSY 355 Week 4 Discussion Question 2