A Year 12 Student Who Was Not Accepted into Law

question 92

Multiple Choice

A Year 12 student who was not accepted into law may try business instead. If that fails they might try bookkeeping instead. This example most closely relates to which of the following facts about motivations and goals?

• A) People who do not achieve their goals become frustrated and give up.
• B) People who do not achieve their goals lower their aspirations.
• C) People who do not achieve their goals take on defence mechanisms to protect their self-images.
• D) People who do not achieve their goals consider themselves a failure.

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Definitions:

Developmental Opportunity

Area for growth or a weakness of an individual.

Performance Evaluation

The systematic process of assessing and reviewing an employee's job performance and providing them with feedback.

Personal Life

Aspects of an individual's life that are primarily personal or family-oriented, as opposed to professional or work-related.

Human Relations

The art of using systematic knowledge about human behavior to improve personal, job, and career effectiveness