Code B SMA 5

According to psychologist Edwin Locke, what is the relationship between difficulty and performance in goal-setting?

• Hard goals lead to weak efforts

• Goals need to be challenging and believable to be effective

• Easy goals lead to weak efforts

• Goals that are too hard lead to weak efforts

What is the 80% rule in building motivation to pursue goals?

• You should aim for a success rate of 80% in achieving your goals

• You should aim for a success rate of 80% in school

• You should aim for a success rate of 80% in creative problem-solving

• You should aim for a success rate of 80% in setting achievable targets

Why can goal-setting backfire in tasks that require complex thinking?

• Goals result in weak efforts

• Goals occupy too much space in working memory

• Goals lead to stress and burnout

• Goals hinder creative problem-solving

According to psychologist Peter Gollwitzer, what are implementation intentions?

• Visualizing difficulties that might come up in pursuing a goal

• Visualizing success in achieving a goal

• Visualizing obstacles in advance and deciding how to handle them

• Visualizing the steps needed to achieve a goal

What did Peter Gollwitzer's research find about telling people about your goals?

• Telling people about your goals has no effect on motivation

• Telling people about your goals can substitute for taking action

• Telling people about your goals can lead to better goal-setting

• Telling people about your goals can increase motivation

What did psychologist Piers Steel find in his review of procrastination?

• Unpleasant tasks and impulsive personalities predict procrastination

• Perfectionism predicts procrastination

• Fear of failure predicts procrastination

• Lack of motivation predicts procrastination

What is the key to overcoming procrastination?

• Avoiding unpleasant tasks

• Breaking down goals into smaller, daily actions

• Setting long-term deadlines

• Increasing motivation through rewards

According to self-determination theory, why do people often experience stress and burnout with goals?

• They set goals that are not challenging enough

• They set goals that are too challenging

• They set goals that are not meaningful to them

• They set too many goals

What is the main focus of goal-setting to make it life-affirming?

• Achieving as many goals as possible

• Setting goals that are easy to achieve

• Setting goals that fulfill social expectations

• Setting goals that are deeply meaningful to you

What is the measure of a good life according to the author?

• The number of goals you achieve

• The meaning you attach to your achievements

• The social recognition you receive

• The sum of your achievements