Research Indicates That Setting More Difficult Goals for Oneself

question 54

Multiple Choice

Research indicates that setting more difficult goals for oneself:

• A) results in higher performance.
• B) is likely to result in earlier withdrawal of effort.
• C) leads to lower performance than the goal of "doing your best."
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Exposure

refers to the contact with a disease-causing factor or the amount of the factor that impinges upon a person or group.

Incidence Rate Ratio

A measure used in epidemiology to compare the rate of occurrence of new cases of a disease or condition between two study populations over a specific time period.

Population Proportion Attributable Risk

The proportion of incidents in the population that are due to the risk factor, helping in understanding the public health impact of the factor.

Cohort Study

A research method that follows a group of people over time to study their exposures and the subsequent outcomes.