Incomplete Tasks Research Articles

COMPLETION-INCOMPLETION OF TASKS AND PLEASANT-UNPLEASANT TONED FEELING IN SELECTIVE RECALL.

Completion and incompletion of tasks influence the recall of those tasks. Ego psychologists have interpreted in terms of a repression mechanism the observation that recall of completed tasks was better than that of incompleted tasks under a stressf~~l situation (Rosenzweig, 1943). However, selective recall has been related to pleasant-unpleasant toned feeling (White, 1936). This writer examined the effects of completion-incompletion and pleasant-unpleasant toned feeling of tasks on selective recall. Ss were 39 college students, and the experimental situation was an instruction-induced stressful situation. Half the tasks (puzzles) were completed, and the other half were incompleted. Ss were required incidentally to recall the names of puzzles about 5 min. after they had finished their tasks. Then they also were required to evaluate the tasks on a 3-point pleasant-unpleasant scale (pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant ) . The results were as follows. (a) The relation between completion-incompletion and feeling tone of tasks was statistically significant (x 39.780; 9 p > 0.05, X 2.981; 0.30 > p > 0.20), there was a tendency for pleasantly toned tasks to be recalled more frequently.

Psychological defenses and ego strength in the recall of completed and incompleted tasks.

Psychological defenses and ego strength in the recall of completed and incompleted tasks.

Memory for completed and incompleted tasks as a function of personality: an analysis of group data.

Memory for completed and incompleted tasks as a function of personality: an analysis of group data.