Goal Setting

?
Oettingen (2000)
Fantasy realising theory
1 of 30
Participants?
143 female ** ostensibly study about day dreams
2 of 30
What do you imagine?
met him at a party
3 of 30
What is fantasy reality?
mentally elaborate 2 positive and 2 negative aspects of the real situation
4 of 30
What is positive fantasy?
Elaborate 4 positive aspects
5 of 30
What is negative reality?
Elabrate 4 most important negative aspects
6 of 30
What is control?
Arithmetic tasks
7 of 30
What is the fantasy reality?
Fantasy reality subsequently more eager to meet Michael
8 of 30
What is fantasy reality?
contrast positive fantasies with negative aspects of reality o relates future ideas with here and now – possibility of change
9 of 30
What is positive fantasy?
o No necessity to act is experienced. Success is independent of need to change
10 of 30
What is negative fantasy?
o Ignore positive aspects of the future. No direction to act
11 of 30
Bargh Automotive theory
goals can become activated without awareness
12 of 30
What happens in the Automotive theory?
o mental links form between situations and goals often pursued o situation subsequently activates goal o requires an initial reflective goal that is repeated over time
13 of 30
What is the existence of implicit motives?
o natural incentives that do not require awareness o does not require an intention to be formed – biologically based
14 of 30
What is intention
behaviour gap
15 of 30
What is predecisional action phases?
Deliberating goals and choosing between them
16 of 30
What is preactional phases?
Planning goal directed actions and getting started
17 of 30
What is actional phases?
Successfully achieving the goal
18 of 30
What is postactional do?
Evaluating the outcome
19 of 30
What is the implemental mindset?
 focus on relevant information (less distracted)  process desirability information in a biased manner (less doubts)  process feasibility information in a biased manner (more optimisitc
20 of 30
What is planning for goal achievment?
 ‘If I encounter situation x, then I will perform the goal directed behaviour Y’ (If – then plans)
21 of 30
What is implementation intentions?
 delegate control of behaviour to the environment  action representation activated by cues – automate behaviour
22 of 30
What is the reduce problem of?
 initiaing goal directed behaviour… but also…  stabilising goal striving (resisting distractions)  shielding goal striving from obstacles
23 of 30
What is specific external cues and desired behaviour?
 If it is 5pm on Monday, then I will jog home from work!’
24 of 30
What is focus on stabiling goal striving?
 ‘If I feel really tired at the end of the day on Monday, I will tell myself, ‘I can do it, I will feel good if I run home!’
25 of 30
What is focused on shielding physical activity goals?
 ‘If I start thinking about getting the bus home, then I immediately ignore that thought’
26 of 30
What happened to 41 heroin addicts at a German hospital?
 20 experiencing withdrawal, 21 no longer in withdrawal
27 of 30
What were half the participants told to do?
Randomly assigned to make a irrelevant imp  regarding having lunch  half assigned to make a relevant imp  where they would compose it, when, how to start
28 of 30
What did the relevant imp group do?
more likely to hand in a cv the next day  for both those in withdrawal and those past it
29 of 30
When was it helpful ?
Under high cognitive load
30 of 30

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Participants?

Back

143 female ** ostensibly study about day dreams

Card 3

Front

What do you imagine?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

What is fantasy reality?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What is positive fantasy?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Psychology resources:

See all Psychology resources »See all Goal Setting resources »