Goals That Are Too Easy to Accomplish Are Not Motivating

question 9

True/False

Goals that are too easy to accomplish are not motivating and neither are goals that are not attainable even with exceptional effort.

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Definitions:

Experimental Starvation

A research setting where an organism is deliberately deprived of food for a period of time to study the physiological and psychological effects.

Re-fed

Refers to the process of reintroducing food to a person or animal after a period of fasting or severe undernutrition.

Set-Point

A hypothetical ratio of fat to lean tissue at which a person’s weight will tend to stabilize.

Experimental Overeating

A controlled study condition where individuals are asked to consume food in excess of their caloric needs to assess effects on health and behavior.