Procrastination study script

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PROCRASTINATION STUDY (running time = 1:33)

SUGGESTED INTRO: PUTTING OFF TODAY'S TASKS MAY CAUSE YOU MORE TROUBLE THAN YOU THINK. A RECENT STUDY SUGGESTS POOR WORK AND EVEN ILL HEALTH COULD RESULT. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VIDEO: Woman student looking at photos sitting at lounge area table. Dianne Tice lectures class. CWRU signage.

VOICEOVER: PUTTING THINGS OFF UNTIL TOMORROW COULD BE A BAD IDEA. THAT'S WHAT DIANNE TICE LEARNED FROM A STUDY SHE CONDUCTED AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND.

VIDEO: Shot of Tice book, "Losing Control." Various shots of students in class.

VOICEOVER: TICE IS THE AUTHOR OF "LOSING CONTROL." SHE FOLLOWED PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS THROUGH A SEMESTER OF STUDIES TO SEE HOW WELL PROCRASTINATORS HANDLED COURSE WORK, COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO TACKLE ASSIGNMENTS IMMEDIATELY. RESULTS SHOWED NONPROCRASTINATORS RECEIVED BETTER GRADES AND CONTRACTED FEWER COMMON ILLNESSES SUCH AS COLDS AND FLU.

VIDEO: Dianne Tice on-camera.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:
DIANNE TICE,
CWRU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

OUTCUE: "... in symptomotology, in poor health." (:16)

VIDEO: Second shot of woman looking at photos at lounge table.

VOICEOVER: TICE SAYS RATHER THAN SET UNREACHABLE GOALS, SET AN AGENDA YOU CAN MANAGE.

VIDEO: Tice on-camera.

SOUND BITE: DIANNE TICE

OUTCUE: "... for that kind of thing happening." (:25)

VIDEO: Women exercise on treadmill. Man at retail check-out. Second woman at lounge area table. Dianne Tice lectures class

VOICEOVER: WHETHER YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS, ACHIEVE GOALS, OR JUST MANAGE YOUR EVERYDAY SCHEDULE, REMEMBER THAT GETTING BUSY NOW MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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