Procrastination Research After Report

PSYC1001B        Introduction to Psychology

Mini-project Protocol 1 (Topic: Reducing Academic Procrastination)

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Q1. What are the major findings in the data you have collected? (Word limit: 70 words)

2 participants with similar score in frequency (28 and 31) have different scores in their reasons of procrastination. This suggests there may be little correlation between frequency and the reasons of procrastination.

Overall, the aggregate score and individual scores for aversiveness of task is higher than fear of failure as a reason of procrastination. This implicates that aversiveness of task may be a more significant factor.

Q2. What insights do you get from this mini-project (e.g. data collection, research method, anything you find interesting)? (Word limit: 150 words)

Weakness

1. Since this survey is self-judging, the ability of the participant to be objective about himself affects the validity of data. Over subjective participant may understate their procrastination activity.
2. Similarly, since data is collected mostly from known associates i.e. friends, there is a possibility that participants will understate their procrastination in order not to be judged as lazy. The data could be obscured by the noise i.e. lying.

Strength

1. The big number of questions can ensure that the responses will be more correctly represented.
2. The survey is structured clearly so that every response has an attributable meaning (frequency or reason being fear of failure etc.)

Application of findings

1. Consistent with previous research, the findings show no gender difference for the factor – aversiveness of task as a reason of procrastination.