Exam 4: Choices and Actions: the Self in Control

When asked whether they have any current goals or personal projects, only about 50% of people indicate that they do; other people are unable to identify any current goals that they have.

Research on entity and incremental theorists has shown that, compared to Japanese athletes, American athletes are more likely to be ____ theorists, and thus more likely to view their athletic skills as ____.

Your friend wants to break the habit of overeating.What suggestions might you give her?

Researchers gave people free popcorn at the movies.Some people got fresh popcorn and others got stale popcorn.People rated the fresh popcorn as more pleasant than the stale popcorn ____.

The so-called Zeigarnik effect helps us to ____.

Andile and his wife are making some important financial decisions and cannot seem to agree on what they should or should not do.The preference for avoiding certain types of risks is consistent with ____ theory.

In social psychology, the 'belief that one's own project will proceed as planned, even while knowing that the vast majority of similar projects have run late' is known as the ____.

What is the capacity to delay gratification? How is it typically tested? Are there ways that this capacity can be improved?

The term self-regulation essentially refers to ____.

When making decisions, people often focus too much on the ________________ aspects of the decision and too little on the ________________ aspects of the decision.

Research indicates that people who believe that they are acting autonomously, based on intrinsic motivations, are ____ compared people who believe that their behaviour is guided by external forces and extrinsic motivations.

Nnyiko has the opportunity to start his own business doing what he loves.However, to do this, he would have to liquidate all of his resources, including selling his car and emptying out his savings.In the end, however, he decides that he has too much to lose and sticks with his day job, which is less fulfilling but offers a sure thing.Nnyiko is making his decision based on ____.

When entity theorists encounter failure, they are more likely to experience learned helplessness than incremental theorists are when they experience failure.

Research suggests that dieters are most successful in losing weight ____.

Even though Neli knows that her relationship with her boyfriend is in trouble, she decides not to do anything about it (i.e., she will simply let the relationship fall to pieces).Social psychologists would say that her decision to do nothing most reflects ____.

Self-regulation involves monitoring your behaviour, ____, and adjusting your behaviour accordingly.

Compared to incremental theorists, entity theorists show a ____.

Research suggests that goals are MOST helpful in facilitating achievement when they are ____.

The so-called 'planning fallacy' is probably a result of the fact that people adopt a(n) ____.

Recent research has demonstrated that men and women perceive certain behaviours differently: men are more likely than women to assume that an innocent smile is a sign of flirtation, while women are more likely than men to assume that blatant flirtation is merely a sign of friendliness.These research findings are most consistent with ____.