According to research on self-regulation, what can you do to increase your probability of successfully meeting your goal? Give suitable examples.

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Putting our personal goals into action is a potentially complex process that involves setting goals, planning for their implementation, and monitoring our progress. Individuals' success improves when they set goals that are specific and moderately challenging. A fuzzy, nonspecific goal is "I want to be successful." A concrete, specific goal is "I want to have a 3.5 average at the end of the semester." You can set both long-term and short-term goals. When you set long-term goals, such as "I want to be a clinical psychologist," make sure that you also create short-term goals as steps along the way, such as "I want to get an A on my next psychology test." Make commitments in bite-size chunks. Planning how to reach a goal and monitoring progress toward the goal are critical aspects of achievement. Researchers have found that high-achieving individuals monitor their own learning and systematically evaluate their progress toward their goals more than low-achieving individuals do. Thus, you should be engaging in self-testing or assessment when you study, and you should be actively monitoring your grades frequently.