The article mentions that: - Framing tasks or items in pseudo-sets works by (a) conveying the notion of a larger group or entity, which (b) increases perceptio

The article mentions that: - Framing tasks or items in pseudo-sets works by (a) conveying the notion of a larger group or entity, which (b) increases perceptions of incompleteness, and in turn (c) a activates people’s desire for completeness. - We naturally find complete, cohesive units to be symbolic and meaningful, so we strive to achieve them. Think of the slight annoyance you may feel when buying a ‘6 pack’ of sodas with 1 missing. - If the goal is too high to achieve (e.g. workout 10 times this week), we expect we won’t reach a satisfying endpoint - so we won’t even start it. The article also links this paper: https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37985562/barasz,john,keenan,norton_pseudo-set-framing.pdf https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37985562/barasz,...