Wasserman Edward A
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa, 301 East Jefferson Street, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Learn Behav. 2019 Mar;47(1):7-28. doi: 10.3758/s13420-018-0358-6.
Procrastination is a familiar and widely discussed proclivity: postponing tasks that can be done earlier. Precrastination is a lesser known and explored tendency: completing tasks quickly just to get them done sooner. Recent research suggests that precrastination may represent an important penchant that can be observed in both people and animals. This paper reviews evidence concerned with precrastination and connects that evidence with a long history of interest in anticipatory learning, distance reception, and brain evolution. Discussion unfolds to encompass several related topics including impulsivity, planning, and self-control. Precrastination may be a new term in the psychological lexicon, but it may be a predisposition with an extended evolutionary history. Placing precrastination within the general rubric of anticipatory action may yield important insights into both adaptive and maladaptive behavior.
推迟那些可以早点完成的任务。提前行动则是一种鲜为人知且较少被探究的倾向：迅速完成任务只是为了能更快做完。近期研究表明，提前行动可能是一种在人类和动物身上都能观察到的重要偏好。本文回顾了与提前行动相关的证据，并将这些证据与对预期学习、远距离接收和大脑进化的长期研究兴趣联系起来。讨论进而涵盖了几个相关主题，包括冲动性、规划和自我控制。提前行动可能是心理学术语中的一个新词汇，但它可能是一种有着漫长进化历史的倾向。将提前行动置于预期行动的总体框架内，可能会对适应性和适应不良行为都产生重要见解。
