185. Do You Need Closure?
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What’s the best way to carry out random acts of kindness? What’s wrong with making an “Irish exit”? And why is Mike secretly buying lottery tickets?

• SOURCES:

• Roy Baumeister), social psychologist and visiting scholar at Harvard University.

• Daniel Gilbert), professor of psychology at Harvard University.

• John Gottman), professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington.

• Kurt Lewin), 20th-century German-American psychologist.

• E. J. Masicampo), professor of psychology at Wake Forest University.

• Timothy Wilson), professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.

• Bluma Zeigarnik), 20th-century Soviet psychologist.

• RESOURCES:

• "Life and Work of the Psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik)," by M. Marco (*Neurosciences and History, *2018).

• "Why We Need Answers)," by Maria Konnikova (*The New Yorker, *2013).

• "Consider It Done! Plan Making Can Eliminate the Cognitive Effects of Unfulfilled Goals)," by E. J. Masicampo and Roy Baumeister (*Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, *2011).

• The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples), by John Gottman (2011).

• "'Let Me Dream On!' Anticipatory Emotions and Preference for Timing in Lotteries)," by Martin Kocher, Michal Krawczyk, and Frans van Winden (*Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, *2009).

• "Explaining Away: A Model of Affective Adaptation)," by Timothy Wilson and Daniel Gilbert (*Perspectives on Psychological Science, *2008).

• "On Finished and Unfinished Tasks)," by Bluma Zeigarnik (*A Source Book of Gestalt Psychology, *1938).

• EXTRAS:

• Big Five Personality Inventory), by *No Stupid Questions *(2024).

• "Can We Disagree Better?)" by *No Stupid Questions *(2023).

• "Would You Be Happier if You Were More Creative?)" by *No Stupid Questions *(2023).

• "How Can You Be Kinder to Yourself?)" by *No Stupid Questions *(2023).

• "What’s Wrong With Holding a Grudge?)" by *No Stupid Questions *(2022).

• Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch)*, *by Eileen Spinelli (1991).