PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Motivation, State Implementation Plan, Social Support

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 471
• Professor: Richard Koestner

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1) specific goal 2) monitoring 3) social support 4) going public. Perhaps making it public wouldn"t help all of us: might make us feel pressured extrinsic motivation. Setting resolutions may be easier on july first. Smart goals: goals (closer in time, good if its linked to distal goal) with level of challenge or readiness and self efficacy) time framed. Specific measureable achievable (under your control) realistic (has to do. Distal goals (e. g. going to graduate school in the future) need proximal. Add an (cid:498)a(cid:499) so smaart: approach oriented something positive you want. (owever, many of us can set smaart goals but still won"t succeed to approach rather than something negative you want to avoid, makes it easier. 3) enlist resources from friends and family: select or develop autonomous goals ownership and personal endorsement. Autonomy: internally motivated reflecting one"s values and interests work for an organization you"re not interested in.