This is probably true- but consider the case where the deadline is set at “never.” Having frequent, small, imminent deadlines seems to be good practice, and is behind things like Beeminder.
No deadline, hmm… my reading list, for example. I’m working my way through it… I guess anchoring predicts that I’d work through it slower if I put deadlines on when to finish each book, since I’d anchor on the deadlines?
Whether or not I anchor on deadlines, though, I’d definitely read faster if I had imminent deadlines on each chapter, rather than a distant deadline for the whole book.
This is probably true- but consider the case where the deadline is set at “never.” Having frequent, small, imminent deadlines seems to be good practice, and is behind things like Beeminder.
No deadline, hmm… my reading list, for example. I’m working my way through it… I guess anchoring predicts that I’d work through it slower if I put deadlines on when to finish each book, since I’d anchor on the deadlines?
Whether or not I anchor on deadlines, though, I’d definitely read faster if I had imminent deadlines on each chapter, rather than a distant deadline for the whole book.