Kinesiology 3474A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Goal Setting, Social Loafing, Super Bowl

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3474A/B
• Professor: Craig Hall

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Goal setting has been a topic of interest in psychology for decades and has been examined in many domains, including: business, education and sport. Goal definition: (cid:862)that (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h o(cid:374)e (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts to a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)plish; it (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:396)(cid:374)s a valued, future end state(cid:863) lee, locke & latham. Because a goal represents a valued objective to individuals, goal setting should act as an incentive towards behaviour change. Locke and colleagues (1981: afte(cid:396) (cid:396)e(cid:448)ie(cid:449)i(cid:374)g lite(cid:396)atu(cid:396)e, (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)luded that (cid:862)the (cid:271)e(cid:374)eficial effect of goal setting on task pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e is o(cid:374)e of the (cid:373)ost (cid:396)epli(cid:272)a(cid:271)le fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)gs i(cid:374) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) lite(cid:396)atu(cid:396)e(cid:863, aka: goal setting works. Smart goals = good goals specific, measurable, adjustable, realistic, time oriented. Measurable goals: necessary in order to assess progress. Adjustable goals: adjust your goal if necessary, ex: if progressing faster or slower than expected. Realistic goals: we want challenging goals, but not goals that prove to be too challenging, these are worse than a goal that is not challenging enough.