Tim Urban's Ted Talk

What is procrastination? (You can choose 2 correct answers)

• Delaying or postponing tasks or actions

• Completing tasks ahead of time

• Managing time efficiently

• Avoiding tasks due to fear of failure

As a college student, you should start working on your paper/ any project from the first week it is assigned and do not wait till the deadline.

• I don't think so

• Yes, it is true.

• It is just the theory.

• No one do that.

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What is the meaning of "pulling all nighter"?

• Taking frequent breaks while working

• Starting work very early in the morning

• Sleeping intermittently throughout the night

• Staying awake all night to work or study

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Did Tim Urban manage to write a very good thesis in only 3 days when he supposed to do it in a year?

• Of course he did

• Yes, he did finish it

• He did, but of course not very good

• He did not do it at all

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What is the duty of Rational Decision Maker?

• To avoid difficult tasks

• To create a perfect time to do something productive

• To procrastinate

• To create a perfect time for leisure

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What is the duty of Instant Gratification Monkey?

• To recommend Wikipedia page to read

• To motivate to cook something from an empty fridge

• To ruin Rational Decision Maker's Plan

• To recommend fun Youtube videos to watch

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These are the correct information about the Dark Playground, EXCEPT...

• It consists of easy and fun things to do

• It is controlled by Panic Monster

• Procrastinators will feel guilt, dread, and hate themselves when they stay here for a long time

• It is when easy and fun activities happen when it should not happen

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These are the correct information regarding The Panic Monster, EXCEPT...

• He will wake up when the deadline comes up

• The only thing that The Monkey terrified of

• He brings back the procrastinators from the Dark Playground to the Zone where important things happen

• He is the Ted Talk Speaker

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There two kinds of procrastination. Choose the correct ones.

• Procrastination with deadline

• Procrastination with deadline and without The Panic Monster

• Procrastination without Instant Gratification Monkey

• Procrastination without the deadline and the Panic Monster

Are you a procrastinator?

• Unfortunately yes

• Thank God I am not

• Sometimes when there were not so many deadlines

• Only under certain conditions

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