Setting Goals For Success Flashcards
________ 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.”
Goals
It is the process by which we achieve these goals.
Goal setting
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.”
Locke (2019)
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.
Goal
For ______________, goals direct attention, effort, and actions. Goals motivate people to develop strategies that will enable them to perform better.
Edwin Locke and Gary Latham (2006)
Goals can be classified into two categories:
Short term goals
Long term goals
Goals that can be achieved in a day, week, or a year.
Short term goals
Goals that are usually achieved over a year or more.
Long term goals
__________ is usually aroused by a need for or lack of something that may propel a person to act.
Motivation
According to _________ theory, humans are motivated to satisfy needs to maintain homeostasis or internal equilibrium (Atkinson, Atkinson, Smith, Bem, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2000).
Drive-reduction theory
True or False:
Unmet needs will cause a state of bodily tension and, consequently, homeostasis is disturbed.
True
Two classifications of needs:
Physiological needs
Psychological needs
___________ are innate need of the body such as food, water, air, sleep, and sex.
Physiological needs
Needs arise from relationship with other people such as affiliation, achievement, altruism, esteem, and status.
Psychological needs
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.
Abraham Maslow
In the context of industrial/ organizational (I/0) psychology, ___________ is the process of improving work performance of individuals (Locke 7 Latham, 2006).
Goal setting
SMART stands for:
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound/Timely
It embodies the fundamental practices necessary for achieving increased motivation
SMART
_______ personally held beliefs that one considers as important and worthy.
Values
_________ activates and directs behavior.
Need
__________ used the term drive to refer to the state of tension or arousal caused by biological or physiological needs.
Clark Hull
A drive creates an unpleasant state, a tension that needs to be reduced.
Drive – Reduction Theory
According to _________, there are two categories of mindset: fix mindset and growth mindset
Carol Dweck (2008)
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.
Fixed mindset
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.
Growth mindset
