PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: State Implementation Plan, Ibm Officevision, Zelig
9 Mar 2020
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Self-control = capacity to over-ride short-term considerations in the interest of more valued long-term concerns. Basics of goal pursuit: 3 ingredients [standards, monitoring, self-control, mental contrasting, smaart goals. Perspectives on ny resolutions: ctv report, dr don taylor and his friend [prof koestner] decided to complete a triathlon. His goal was then to complete 2 in a year. He mentions 2 key things: if you want to keep your resolution you should: find social support, make it public. Personal goals in our everyday life: summer, semester, yearly new years resolutions, developmental 3-5 years, career, weekly, weekend. There are also different categories of goals [developmental goals, learning how to drive, etc]. once you have a universal action plan: just by setting a goal, we are more present and give more effort to succeed. If we look at the volition behind the person"s goal, it is not connected to the person"s interest and values.
