All of the Following Show How Setting Difficult Goals Motivates

question 1

Multiple Choice

All of the following show how setting difficult goals motivates individuals to achieve high performance EXCEPT

• A) difficult but achievable goals prompt employees to concentrate on achievement of the goals.
• B) difficult goals motivate employees to spend lots of time and effort on developing methods for achieving them.
• C) difficult goals increase employees' persistence in trying to achieve them.
• D) difficult goals encourage employees to work together to find a solution.

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Definitions:

Standard Normal Curve

A type of normal distribution that has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, represented graphically as a bell-shaped curve.

Area

A measure of the extent of a surface or shape, expressed in square units.

Z-score

An indicator that shows the number of standard deviations a particular value is away from the average.

Standard Normal Curve

A symmetric bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a standardized variable, with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.