PSY 614 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Psy
29 Nov 2017
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Objective goals focus on attaining a specific standard of proficiency on a task, usually within a specified amount of time. Subjective goals are general statements of intent that are not measurable or objective. Different types of goals: outcome goals focus on a competitive result of an event. Depends on your efforts and your opponents: facilitate short term motivation. Major barriers for collegiate athlete to achieving goals included stress, fatigue, academic pressure, social relationships and lack of time. Females set goals more often and found them to be more effective. The number one reason athletes gave for setting goals was to provide them direction and keep them focused on the task at hand. Indirect thought process view outcome, performance and process goals influence behaviour indirectly by affecting important psychological factors such as confidence and anxiety. Group goals refer to the attainment of specific standards of group proficiency. Smarts goals specific, measurable, action oriented, realistic, timely and self determined.
