Why Do You Sabotage Yourself Before a Big Test? | Self-Handicapping

It’s pretty common to procrastinate before a big exam or an important presentation, and those self-handicapping has to do with protecting yourself from negative feelings.

Hosted by: Hank Green
———-
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
———-
Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters:
Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
———-
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
———-
Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8636903
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608011001129
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886916302343
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608013001106
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103116304577
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10413200.2015.1014975?journalCode=uasp20
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672952110005
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886913012397
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103105000077
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1009061303214
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656699922614

Audio Source:
https://freesound.org/people/Komit./sounds/399294/