Karilynn's Professor Poses the Following Question to the Psychology Class

question 16

Multiple Choice

Karilynn's professor poses the following question to the psychology class: "When it comes to achieving our goals, is it better to focus on how far we still have to go before we reach a goal, or should we focus on what we have already accomplished?" Karilynn immediately asks herself whether there is any theory or empirical evidence to support stressing either a goal focus or an accomplishment focus. She also wonders what research method could be used to find out this information if no empirical evidence presently exists. Karilynn is exhibiting

• A)critical thinking.
• B)transductive reasoning.
• C)commonsense reasoning.
• D)intuitive thinking.

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