PSYC 4030 Midterm: Exam 1 Study Guide
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The ability to set and achieve goals is a key to long-term success. People structure their goals poorly: set too many goals, set goals that conflict with each other. Problems with goal definition: goal is not specific enough, goal is too far away (distal) rather than nearby (proximal, not enough time put into defining the goal and identifying obstacles to completion. People don"t plan on a daily basis what they will do to advance toward their goal. People don"t practice their new behavior until it becomes easier (more automatic) People don"t measure their progress or do so poorly: need an operational definition, no wiggle room . Distinguish between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. Good evidence that people can change their attributions about success and failure. Research (blackwell, trzesniewski, and dweck, 2007) used an intervention with students making the difficult transition to junior high school.
