In the Context of Tracking Progress Toward Goal Achievement, Which

question 11

Multiple Choice

In the context of tracking progress toward goal achievement, which of the following is a difference between proximal goals and distal goals?

• A) Proximal goals are referred to as primary goals, whereas distal goals are referred to as subgoals.
• B) Proximal goals define the final objective to be achieved, whereas distal goals define the steps that should be taken to achieve the final objective.
• C) Proximal goals can be procrastinated because they have low immediacy, whereas distal goals cannot be procrastinated because they have high immediacy.
• D) Proximal goals are short-term goals, whereas distal goals are long-term goals.

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Definitions:

Theory Of Mind

People’s ideas about their own and others’ mental states—about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict.

Mirror Neurons

Frontal lobe neurons that fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain’s mirroring of another’s action may enable imitation and empathy.

Observational Learning

Observational learning is a learning process through watching others, retaining the information, and then later replicating the behaviors that were observed.

Bobo Doll

An experiment conducted by Albert Bandura that demonstrated that children could learn aggressive behavior through observation and imitation, a cornerstone in the study of social learning theory.