Sheldon and colleagues (2010) randomly assigned adults from a local community to one of four groups. Each group was instructed to adopt certain goals over a six-month period. They found that people who based their goal on __________, and made good goal
progress showed an increase in happiness over time.
a. one of the three core motives
b. all of the three core motives
c. autonomy and belonging, but not competence
d. belonging and competence, but not autonomy
Answer: A
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