False Progress
The same thing should be done between "accumulate 10 stamps on a stamp card" and "accumulate 12 stamps on a stamp card with two stamps from the beginning," but the latter is more likely to actually accumulate stamps.
Talk about being useful in increasing motivation, even if the progress is false. ---
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