Imagine That You Hold Simultaneous Goals of Getting a Good

question 1

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you hold simultaneous goals of getting a good night's sleep, doing well on a particular assignment, and attending a midnight release of a new movie. Because you are an excellent student, you decide to stay home and work all night on the assignment. Which of the following would be likely to follow from a goal-shielding perspective?

• A) You would show increased tenacity and goal pursuit in your efforts on the assignment, even if the assignment was not particularly important to you in general
• B) Thoughts of sleep and the movies would be less accessible while you were working
• C) In similar scenarios in the future, you would be less likely to choose sleeping or the movies
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Positive Outcomes

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