This chapter explores the xenophobic ways countries refer to behavior and discusses psychologist Bluma Zygarnik's research on interrupted tasks. They also touch on high school Valentine's Day fundraisers and listener thoughts on previous episodes.
In a special episode of No Stupid Questions, Angela Duckworth and Mike Maughan talk about unfinished tasks, recurring arguments, and Irish goodbyes.
SOURCES:
Roy Baumeister, social psychologist and visiting scholar at Harvard University.
Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University.
John Gottman, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington.
Kurt Lewin, 20th-century German-American psychologist.
E. J. Masicampo, professor of psychology at Wake Forest University.
Timothy Wilson, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.