569. Do You Need Closure?

<p>In a special episode of No Stupid Questions, Angela Duckworth and Mike Maughan talk about unfinished tasks, recurring arguments, and Irish goodbyes.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://roybaumeister.com/">Roy Baumeister</a>, social psychologist and visiting scholar at Harvard University.</li><li><a href="https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/daniel-gilbert">Daniel Gilbert</a>, professor of psychology at Harvard University.</li><li><a href="https://www.gottman.com/about/john-julie-gottman/">John Gottman</a>, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington.</li><li><a href="https://practicalpie.com/kurt-lewin/">Kurt Lewin</a>, 20th-century German-American psychologist.</li><li><a href="https://psychology.wfu.edu/e-j-masicampo/">E. J. Masicampo</a>, professor of psychology at Wake Forest University.</li><li><a href="https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/wilson-0">Timothy Wilson</a>, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.</li><li><a href="https://feministvoices.com/profiles/bluma-zeigarnik">Bluma Zeigarnik</a>, 20th-century Soviet psychologist.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://nah.sen.es/vmfiles/vol6/NAHV6N32018116_124_EN.pdf">Life and Work of the Psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik</a>," by M. Marco (<i>Neurosciences and History, </i>2018).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-we-need-answers">Why We Need Answers</a>," by Maria Konnikova (<i>The New Yorker, </i>2013).</li><li>"<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21688924/">Consider It Done! Plan Making Can Eliminate the Cognitive Effects of Unfulfilled Goals</a>," by E. J. Masicampo and Roy Baumeister (<i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, </i>2011).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4arxkbH"><i>The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples</i></a>, by John Gottman (2011).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/86710/1/09-098.pdf">'Let Me Dream On!' Anticipatory Emotions