Perceived Task Quality and Estimated Interval: Foundation for Temporal Attributions

48 subjects listened to both a boring and an interesting tape. After listening, subjects rated each tape and estimated the duration of each—the order of the evaluation was manipulated. Choice was also varied regarding task involvement by assigning subjects to either with or without volition group. Altered temporal judgments did not independently reduce dissonance. A distinctive relationship between the subjective duration of the task and its perceived quality also affected subjects' attributions regarding a task.