APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

The Completion over Progression Effect: A Preference for Completing a Task or Activity over Making Progressions

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Social

  • Tieyuan Guo
    University of Macau

Abstract

Two studies revealed that people preferred completing a task or activity over making progress on it. The effect was accounted for by the perceived significance of completion and progression. Meanwhile, the effect was greater when people have a greater urge to finish things they started.

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