Setting Goals For Success

Question 1

________ as defined by Latham & Locke (2002, p.705) are “the object or aim of an action, for example, to attain a specific standard of proficiency, usually within a specified time limit.”

Answer 1

Goals

Question 2

It is the process by which we achieve these goals.

Answer 2

Goal setting

Question 3

According to ________ “Every person’s life depends on the process of choosing goals to pursue; if you remain passive you are not going to thrive as a human being.”

Answer 3

Locke (2019)

Question 4

It is the object toward which the behavior is directed, usually within a specified period. Within the context of industrial/organizational psychology, _______ is defined simply as what the individual is consciously trying to do.

Answer 4

Goal

Question 5

For ______________, goals direct attention, effort, and actions. Goals motivate people to develop strategies that will enable them to perform better.

Answer 5

Edwin Locke and Gary Latham (2006)

Question 6

Goals can be classified into two categories:

Answer 6

Short term goals
Long term goals

Question 7

Goals that can be achieved in a day, week, or a year.

Answer 7

Short term goals

Question 8

Goals that are usually achieved over a year or more.

Answer 8

Long term goals

Question 9

__________ is usually aroused by a need for or lack of something that may propel a person to act.

Answer 9

Motivation

Question 10

According to _________ theory, humans are motivated to satisfy needs to maintain homeostasis or internal equilibrium (Atkinson, Atkinson, Smith, Bem, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2000).

Answer 10

Drive-reduction theory

Question 11

True or False:

Unmet needs will cause a state of bodily tension and, consequently, homeostasis is disturbed.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Two classifications of needs:

Answer 12

Physiological needs
Psychological needs

Question 13

___________ are innate need of the body such as food, water, air, sleep, and sex.

Answer 13

Physiological needs

Question 14

Needs arise from relationship with other people such as affiliation, achievement, altruism, esteem, and status.

Answer 14

Psychological needs

Question 15

He developed the theory of hierarchy of needs presented in the shape of a pyramid with the biological or physiological needs at the bottom and the need for self-actualization at the top.

Answer 15

Abraham Maslow

Question 16

In the context of industrial/ organizational (I/0) psychology, ___________ is the process of improving work performance of individuals (Locke 7 Latham, 2006).

Answer 16

Goal setting

Question 17

SMART stands for:

Answer 17

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound/Timely

Question 18

It embodies the fundamental practices necessary for achieving increased motivation

Answer 18

SMART

Question 19

_______ personally held beliefs that one considers as important and worthy.

Answer 19

Values

Question 20

_________ activates and directs behavior.

Answer 20

Need

Question 21

__________ used the term drive to refer to the state of tension or arousal caused by biological or physiological needs.

Answer 21

Clark Hull

Question 22

A drive creates an unpleasant state, a tension that needs to be reduced.

Answer 22

Drive – Reduction Theory

Question 23

According to _________, there are two categories of mindset: fix mindset and growth mindset

Answer 23

Carol Dweck (2008)

Question 24

In a _________ mindset, people believe their qualities are fixed traits and therefore cannot change. They also believe that talent alone leads to success, and effort is not required.

Answer 24

Fixed mindset

Question 25

In a _________mindset, people have an underlying belief that their learning and intelligence can grow with time and experience. When people believe they can get smarter, they realize that their effort has an effect on their success, so they put in extra time, leading to higher achievement.

Answer 25

Growth mindset