Lecture 2 ‘Goal setting and goal striving'
Hanneke Bos 6167055
This week’s readings and the lecture focus on goals and mindsets.
A) A family member makes a new year’s resolution, for example to go more
often to the gym, or start running. Based on the literature and lecture, advise
your family member how to improve the goal setting and include the four
different goal features. Use about 200 words.
There are four different features of goals that can determine success or failure. The
first feature is about expectancy and value. You are more likely to reach a goal
when expectancy and value are high. For example if someone wants to eat more
healthy, the value can be; losing weight and getting a healthier skin. The
expectancy is based on experience, so if this person knows a lot of healthy food
choices, the expectancy will be being successful in getting a more healthy diet. The
second feature is difficulty. Difficult goals are associated with better performance,
for this person it could be eating healthy five days a week instead of two. The third
feature is specificity. A goal needs to be specific, so the behavior to achieve this
goal is also specific, as well as the context. For example; every workday for
breakfast i will have two pieces of fruit. The fourth feature is motivational support.
This can be intrinsic; you want to eat healthier because you want to have a healthier
lifestyle. It can also be external, for example when your partner is eating healthy to
support you.
B) Why and how is a right mindset important for goal setting and goal striving?
Elaborate in your own words and give examples. Use about 200 words.
Mindsets are motivational systems. The deliberative mindset is open-minded and
considers desirability and feasibility of goal setting. The implemental mindset is
closed-minded and considers information related to attainment of goal striving.
These mindsets are about ways of thinking. Example: Someone with a deliberative
mindset wants to get a new job position. After this you can move to the
implemental mindset to think about how you can achieve this goal.
Promotion is improvement-based and sensitive for positive outcomes.
Prevention is security-based and is sensitive for negative outcomes. These mindsets
are about orientation. Example sports: Someone with a promotion mindset
envisions an athletic, attractive body, someone with a prevention mindset will sport
because they are afraid to lose strength.
Growth mindset means believing you can develop your qualities through
effort. Fixed mindset means believing your qualities are fixed and cannot be
improved. These mindsets are about how you think of your own personal qualities.
Example: A student with a fixed mindset beliefs they cannot get better at statistics
Hanneke Bos 6167055
This week’s readings and the lecture focus on goals and mindsets.
A) A family member makes a new year’s resolution, for example to go more
often to the gym, or start running. Based on the literature and lecture, advise
your family member how to improve the goal setting and include the four
different goal features. Use about 200 words.
There are four different features of goals that can determine success or failure. The
first feature is about expectancy and value. You are more likely to reach a goal
when expectancy and value are high. For example if someone wants to eat more
healthy, the value can be; losing weight and getting a healthier skin. The
expectancy is based on experience, so if this person knows a lot of healthy food
choices, the expectancy will be being successful in getting a more healthy diet. The
second feature is difficulty. Difficult goals are associated with better performance,
for this person it could be eating healthy five days a week instead of two. The third
feature is specificity. A goal needs to be specific, so the behavior to achieve this
goal is also specific, as well as the context. For example; every workday for
breakfast i will have two pieces of fruit. The fourth feature is motivational support.
This can be intrinsic; you want to eat healthier because you want to have a healthier
lifestyle. It can also be external, for example when your partner is eating healthy to
support you.
B) Why and how is a right mindset important for goal setting and goal striving?
Elaborate in your own words and give examples. Use about 200 words.
Mindsets are motivational systems. The deliberative mindset is open-minded and
considers desirability and feasibility of goal setting. The implemental mindset is
closed-minded and considers information related to attainment of goal striving.
These mindsets are about ways of thinking. Example: Someone with a deliberative
mindset wants to get a new job position. After this you can move to the
implemental mindset to think about how you can achieve this goal.
Promotion is improvement-based and sensitive for positive outcomes.
Prevention is security-based and is sensitive for negative outcomes. These mindsets
are about orientation. Example sports: Someone with a promotion mindset
envisions an athletic, attractive body, someone with a prevention mindset will sport
because they are afraid to lose strength.
Growth mindset means believing you can develop your qualities through
effort. Fixed mindset means believing your qualities are fixed and cannot be
improved. These mindsets are about how you think of your own personal qualities.
Example: A student with a fixed mindset beliefs they cannot get better at statistics
