Why Is It So Important to Set Appropriately Challenging Goals

question 38

Multiple Choice

Why is it so important to set appropriately challenging goals?

• A) Setting unattainable or overly challenging goals may lead to discouragement and a withdrawal of effort
• B) The more challenging a goal, the more likely the athlete is to rise to the challenge and meet the goal
• C) Appropriately challenging goals tend not to require short-term goals
• D) Setting appropriate goals is correlated with higher levels of extrinsic motivation

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