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569. Do You Need Closure?

40 min • 21 december 2023

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.
- Bluma Zeigarnik, 20th-century Soviet psychologist.

RESOURCES:
- "Life and Work of the Psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik," by M. Marco (Neurosciences and History, 2018).
- "Why We Need Answers," by Maria Konnikova (The New Yorker, 2013).
- "Consider It Done! Plan Making Can Eliminate the Cognitive Effects of Unfulfilled Goals," by E. J. Masicampo and Roy Baumeister (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2011).
- The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples, by John Gottman (2011).
- "'Let Me Dream On!' Anticipatory Emotions and Preference for Timing in Lotteries," by Martin Kocher, Michal Krawczyk, and Frans van Winden (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, 2009).
- "Explaining Away: A Model of Affective Adaptation," by Timothy Wilson and Daniel Gilbert (Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008).
- "On Finished and Unfinished Tasks," by Bluma Zeigarnik (A Source Book of Gestalt Psychology, 1938).

EXTRAS:
- "Can We Disagree Better?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
- "Would You Be Happier if You Were More Creative?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
- "How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
- "What’s Wrong With Holding a Grudge?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
- Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli (1991).

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