Differentiate between self-handicapping and procrastination.

As outlined in the text,procrastination is defined as delaying the completion of a task or intended course of action and can be either an adaptive or a maladaptive coping strategy depending on one's reasons for engaging in it.On the other hand,self-handicapping refers to creating barriers to successful performance prior to (or simultaneous with)an achievement task.Self-handicapping occurs when people handicap their own performance on a task so that they have a ready excuse for failure.In this way,self-handicapping not only reduces the cost of failure by shifting blame away from individuals but also enhances the value of success because success occurred despite the handicap.