Lecture 05 - Goal Pursuit that Persists Too Long

Question 1

What is the Goal Adjustment Model?

Answer 1

Step 1: Consider your opportunities for success

Step 2: if they are good, continue your efforts and goal commitment, go to step 4

Step 3: if they are poor, disengage and engage in other goals

Step 4: Goal pursuit

Step 5: If you are having difficulty with goal attainment, go back to step 1

Question 2

What is goal adjustment?

Answer 2

Disengagement from unattainable goals
- reduction of effort
- withdrawal of commitment
–> this prevents accumulated failure experience

reengagement in alternative goals
- identification of goals
- commitment to goals
pursuit of goals
–> this creates purpose in life

Question 3

What are the benefits of goal disengagement?

Answer 3

low negative affect
low depressive symptoms
low perceived stress
few physical symptoms
efficient sleep
low diurnal cortisol
low C-reactive protein

reduces negative aspects of well-being and promotes biological and physical health

Question 4

What are the benefits of goal reengagement after previous disengagement?

Answer 4

purpose in life
positive affect
low perceived stress

increases positive aspects of well-being

Question 5

What is unrequited love?

Answer 5

romantic, passionate love that is felt by one person toward another person who feel substantially less attraction toward the lover
- a relationship that fails to form

Question 6

Why might unrequited love happen?

Answer 6

falling upward
intrusion of romantic feelings into a platonic friendship
transition from casual dating to serious, possibly exclusive, romance

Question 7

What is a dating relationship?

Answer 7

dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other’s suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship or marriage

it is a form of courtship, consisting of social activities done by the couple, either alone or with others

Question 8

How is unrequited love experienced?

Answer 8

discrepancies between would-be lovers and rejecters accounts and emotions

Question 9

What do successful and satisfied people know how to do?

Answer 9

both how to PERSIST and how to QUIT