Team Buffalo: Post-Study Interview Script

Post Interview Script

Reflecting on Diary Study

  • How did you feel about keeping a diary of your micro-responsibilities?
  • While you were tracking this behavior, did you feel incentivized to change it?
  • What kinds of tasks did you notice yourself putting off, which ones were you quick to respond to and why?

Behavioral Insights

  • When you delay a microresponsibility like avoiding a text, do you feel that it’s a conscious or unconscious decision?
  • Did you avoid certain types of microresponsibilities more than others?

Influence of External Factors

  • Did you have any direct or indirect consequences of delayed responses during this study? How did that influence your behavior?

Decision-Making Process

  • I noticed that you ____ while _____. Can you walk me through your thought process here?
  • How did you decide whether to complete a microresponsibility now or later?

Emotional Experience

  • How did your mood or emotional state change?

Changes in perception

  • Has participating in the diary study changed your perception of avoiding microresponsibilities? How so?
  • Are there any practices you would like to change regarding this behavior? 

Hawthorne Effect

  • Did recording your behavior change your behavior or thoughts, and how did this awareness affect your habits during the day?

Unique Experiences

  • Is there something about your specific daily routine or lifestyle that impacts the amount that you delay these microresponsibilities?
  • Were you surprised by any of your behaviors while tracking your micro-responsibilities this week?

 

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