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weeks or a month from now as he or she is today. But that is not how it appears to be in everyday life, they wrote. "People often make commitments long in advance that they would never make if the same commitments required immediate action. That is, they discount future time investments relatively steeply." Why do we perceive a greater "surplus" of time in the future than in the present? The researchers suggest that people underestimate completion times for tasks stretching into the future, and that they are bad at imagining future competition for their time.
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1) When can stress be a good thing?
A. reduces productivity at work . over-committing yourself to work
BCD B disturbs periods of sleep
encourages people to become more resilient
2) Who implied honoring other people's ideas would be beneficial for stress relief?
Jan Elsnera Gal Zauberman
C. Vanessa Stoykov
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D. Neil Plumridge
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3) What is positive psychology?
A. the person's emotional inflexibility to stress
B. the psychological response to experiences we do not have the resources to deal with
C. converting challenges into opportunities
D. emotional and cognitive affection of people to others
4) Who implied short-term breaks, like a weekend getaway, doesn't mean reduce workload?
A. Vanessa Stoykov
B. Gal Zauberman C. Jan Elsnera
D. Neil Plumridge
5) Who implied trying to satisfy customers often causes self-inflected stress?
A. Jan Elsnera
Gal Zauberman
C. Neil Plumridge
D. Vanessa Stoykov
