psychology of success 6th edition by Denis - Test Bank

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Goal Setting

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1. Which of the following would be the best definition of a goal?
2. A. The desired result you want to have at some point in the future
3. An activity you want to participate in
4. A task you want to accomplish at a set point in time
5. An assignment you must complete in the near future

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: A goal is the desired result you want to have at some point in the future

2. An activity that can be classified as a goal, means that the activity requires
3. no specific timeframe.
4. a short time frame.
5. C. a specific time frame.
6. a long time frame.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: To be a goal, an activity must be designed with a time frame

3. Which of the following is true about short-term goals?
4. Typically involve many mini goals
5. Are accomplished over a longer period of time
6. Requires patience, planning, and dedication
7. D. Are usually accomplished in one day to six months

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: Short-term goals are those that you want to accomplish in the near future.

4. Self-Discipline is defined as
5. confidence in one’s worth and abilities.
6. the believe in oneself and the abilitly to accomplish tasks.
7. the ability to follow one’s dreams.
8. D. the desire to do what you think is right despite temptations to not do it.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: Self-Discipline is the desire to do what you think is right despite temptations to not do it.

5. Setting goals in college will
6. provide the incentive to be successful.
7. result in improving interpersonal relationships.
8. C. help you focus your efforts to be successful.
9. help you become more organized in your efforts.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: Setting goals in college will help you focus your efforts to be successful.

6. Long-term goals can be defined as
7. A. something you want to accomplish in the far future.
8. goals that provide experience needed and motivation required to meet short-term goals.
9. goals that compliment your short-term goals.
10. goals that are accomplished in 1 day to six months.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: A long-term goals is something you want to accomplish in the far future.

7. Steps taken toward the accomplishment of long-term goals are sometimes called
8. step-by-step goals.
9. B. short-term goals.
10. strategic goals.
11. process driven goals.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

Feedback: Steps toward accomplishment of a long-term goal are sometimes called short-term goals.

8. What long-term goal do you have related to your academic achievements? Write the answer as your long-term goal. Next, list three short-term goals that will help you achieve your long-term goal.

Long-term goal: ___________________________________________________

Short-term goal: ___________________________________________________

Short-term goal: ___________________________________________________

Short-term goal: ___________________________________________________

Setting short-term goals will help you succeed in the long-term goals that you have set.

 

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Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

9. What factors determine the goals you set?

Age, life situation right now, where you live (environment), if you work, and how college fits into your life

 

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting

10. The “S” in the SMART goals acronym
11. is something that can be obtained.
12. is qualtifiable in some ways.
13. is something you can accomplish given your skills and resources.
14. D. identifies a desired result. Is not vague.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “S” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Specific. Specific goals are much more likely to be reached than vague goals. Specific goals answer the questions of who, what, where, when, and why.

11. The “M” in the SMART goals acronym
12. A. is qualtifiable in some ways.
13. identifies a desired result. Is not vague.
14. is something that can be obtained.
15. is something you can accomplish given your skills and resources.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “M” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Measurable. Measurable goal can be measured by your success to accomplish.

12. The “A” in the SMART goals acronym
13. identifies a desired result. Is not vague.
14. B. is something that can be obtained.
15. is something you can accomplish given your skills and resources.
16. is qualtifiable in some ways.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “A” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Acheivable. An achievable goal is one that is realistic for you, based on your personal circumstances and current responsibilities.

13. The “R” in the SMART goals acronym
14. identifies a desired result. Is not vague.
15. is something that can be obtained.
16. is qualtifiable in some ways.
17. D. is something you can accomplish given your skills and resources.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “R” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Realistic. A realistic goal is one that is personal to you and one you can accomplish given your skills, abilities, and resources.

14. Which SMART goal acronym gives information how long it will take to complete the goal?
15. M
16. B. T
17. S
18. R

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “T” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Time. A time-based goal is one that is scheduled for completion by a certain date.

15. Create a SMART goal and outline how each acronym is indicated in your example.

SMART is an acronym. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time Based.

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Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

16. Which of the following statements demonstrates the “S” component of SMART goals?
17. A. I am going to study 30 minutes a day for my history class.
18. I am going to start saving $20 a week.
19. During my freshman and senior year I am going to work part time.
20. I am going to establish an exercise program to lose weight.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “S” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Specific. The more specific you are the clearer you will be on what you want to accomplish.

17. Which of the following statements demonstrates the “M” component of SMART goals?
18. I am going to study 30 minutes a day for my history class.
19. During my freshman and senior year I am going to work part time.
20. I am going to establish an exercise program to lose weight.
21. D. I am going to start saving $20 a week.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “M” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Measurable. A measureable goal would be to earn a B or higher in your Art History class, or for you to save $20 a week toward a goal of $200 to afford concert tickets. If you were to set a goal that was not measurable then it would be more challenging to determine your success.

18. Which of the following statements demonstrates the “A” component of SMART goals?
19. I am going to start saving $20 a week.
20. B. I am going to establish an exercise program to lose weight.
21. During my freshman and senior year I am going to work part time.
22. I am going to study 30 minutes a day for my history class.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “A” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Achievable. Goals must be achievable or you will become discouraged. Establishing an exercise program is achievable, but jogging everyday may not be.

19. Which of the following statements demonstrates the “T” component of SMART goals?
20. I am going to study 30 minutes a day for my history class.
21. I am going to establish an exercise program to lose weight.
22. C. During my freshman and senior year I am going to work part time.
23. I am going to start saving $20 a week.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the components of SMART Goals.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: The “T” in the SMART goals acronym stands for Time. A time-based goal is one that is scheduled for completion by a certain date. It may include interim target dates for completing smaller activities within the goal.

20. Which of the following would be a primary benefit of writing SMART goals?
21. Writing SMART goals assures a higher standard living.
22. B. Writing SMART goals moves you from vague desires for success to actual achievement.
23. Writing SMART goals assures success with social groups.
24. Writing SMART goals assures popularity on campus.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.

Topic: Setting SMART Goals

Feedback: A primary benefit of SMART goals is that they move you from vague desires for success to actual achievement.

21. You’ve heard the data about people with more education earning more money throughout their lifetimes, but you’re pretty comfortable right now. You’re taking a couple of classes in subjects that interest you. You have a part time job. You’ve got a great circle of friends. Getting serious about school currently doesn’t interest you. Which internal obstacle to goal setting does this situation demonstrate?
22. Lack of self-direction
23. Self-doubt
24. Lack of self-discipline
25. D. Lack of motivation

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: You seem pretty confident of yourself, but you lack the motivation needed to set a more ambitious goal.

22. Which of the following best defines internal obstacles?
23. Intellectual obstacles that ignore emotions
24. Factors that might impact your ability to achieve your goals
25. Causes that influence the ability to attain set objectives
26. D. Emotional or mental obstacles that cause you to doubt yourself

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: Internal obstacles are those emotional or mental obstacles that cause you to doubt yourself.

23. Which of the following best defines external obstacles?
24. Intellectual obstacles that ignore emotions
25. Causes that influence the ability to attain set objectives
26. C. Factors that might impact your ability to achieve your goals
27. Emotional or mental obstacles that cause you to doubt yourself

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: External obstacles are external factors that might impact your ability to achieve your goals.

24. Which of the following best defines self-esteem?
25. A. Having respect for yourself and your abilities
26. The worth placed on intellectual capabilities
27. The value and opinions you place on others
28. Embracing self interests for personal growth

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: Self-esteem is defined as having respect for yourself and your abilities.

25. As related to your goals, what would be a benefit of having high self-esteem?
26. Looking good to others becomes more important than reaching your goals.
27. Your friends would think that you’re stuck-up.
28. C. It creates a cycle of self-motivation.
29. It makes you seem aloof.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: Having high self-esteem creates a cycle of self-motivation. As a result, you’ll achieve more than you thought you would.

26. Rewarding yourself when you reach a goal is important to your success. In this concept, which defines rewards the best?
27. Motivators directly linked with the completion of a set goal
28. B. Something that makes you feel you have completed your goal
29. External motivators that celebrate your completion of set goals
30. Internal factors that provide a sense of accomplishment

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: Rewards are defined as something that makes you feel you have completed your goal.

27. Which of the following would be an appropriate strategy for overcoming barriers to goal setting?
28. Write goals and then put them away. Having them on paper is enough to set the right direction for achieving them.
29. Scrap any goals that fall behind and write new ones.
30. Avoid setting goals. Focus on weekly and daily planning instead.
31. D. Periodically review your goals and revise them if needed.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: A good strategy is to periodically review your goals and revise them if needed.

28. To overcome bariers to goal acheivement, you can
29. Focus on short-term goals. There are fewer problems.
30. View obstacles as “destiny” and give up on goals that become difficult to reach.
31. Ask a mentor to write and revise your goals on a periodic basis.
32. D. Demonstrate flexibility. Revise your goals as needed and keep taking the actions as needed to reach them.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

Feedback: Goals are your responsibility. You’re the one who can reach them, so develop strategies that help you overcome barriers.

29. Provide an example of two external and two internal obstacles that you might run into for a goal you have set, then explain how these obstacles could be overcome.

External obstacles are external factors that might impact your ability to achieve your goals. Internal obstacles are those emotional or mental obstacles that cause you to doubt yourself.

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Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

30. What would be an an example of an external reward? What is an example of an internal reward?

Internal rewards are increased self-esteem, improved confidence, and improved results. External rewards should be appropriate to the goal and should be personal for you. A night at the movies might appeal to some while spending some time at the beach might appeal to others.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting

31. Accountabilty is best defined as
32. A. being responsible for your actions and words.
33. following through on setting goals.
34. recognizing the importance of being responsible.
35. accomplishing set goals.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Describe the role of accountability in goal setting.

Topic: Demonstrating Accountability in Goal Setting

Feedback: Accountability is defined as being responsible for your actions and words

32. Why is demonstrating accountability for goal achievement important?
33. Goals are fixed. Once you write them, you never have to worry about them again.
34. Goals are fixed requiring less oversight.
35. Goals are flexible which means your actions and words should be periodically scrutinized.
36. D. Goals are flexible. You must periodically review and revise them.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Describe the role of accountability in goal setting.

Topic: Demonstrating Accountability in Goal Setting

Feedback: Accountability means periodically reviewing and revising your goals.

33. What do academic goals pertain to?
34. Your social life
35. Your employment
36. Your spiritual life
37. D. Your education

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: Academic goals are those goals you set concerning your education.

34. Nancy has set a goal of obtaining her BA degree within four years. This is an example of a(an) ________ goal.
35. social
36. personal
37. C. academic
38. professional

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: Academic goals pertain to your education.

35. Short-term goals are usually related to what you want to complete within
36. several semesters.
37. the first year of college.
38. the duration of your college career.
39. D. one semester.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: Short-term goals are usually related to an individual class or what you or want you want to accomplish within an individual semester.

36. When you feel distracted from your academic goals and wonder if college is for you, what could you do to get yourself “back on track”?
37. A. Review the accomplishments made by meeting your short-term goals.
38. Review your long-term goals and assure yourself that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
39. Take a break from goals and enjoy a movie with friends.
40. Take a semester off to work and reconsider your academic interests.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: To get back on track, review the accomplishments made by meeting your short-term goals.

37. Which of the following is a personal benefit of working toward short-term academic goals?
38. You become stressed-out.
39. You become a loner.
40. C. You become more self-disciplined.
41. You become sleep-deprived.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: A personal benefit of working toward short-term academic goals is that you become more self-disciplined.

38. What would be a primary benefit of having short-term academic goals?
39. They let your instructors know you’re working hard.
40. B. They keep you focused on working toward your long-term academic goals.
41. Short-term goals are class-specific.
42. They give you something to report to your parents about your college experience.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: A primary benefit of short-term academic goals is that they keep you focused on working toward your long-term academic goals.

39. Long-term goals are usually related to what you want to complete
40. by the end of a semester.
41. by the end of an academic year.
42. by the beginning of your first course.
43. D. by the end of your college experience.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: Long-term goals are usually related to what you want to accomplish as a result of your college experience and in preparation of your career.

40. Which of the following statements are true about the following example: I will establish a career in local government by joining the Politico Association the fall of my Junior year. I will be an active student during my Junior and Senior years to develop the networking connections I need to support my career goal.
41. A. This is a long-term goal.
42. This is a personal goal.
43. This is a social-political goal.
44. This is a short-term goal.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: This is a good example of a long-term goal.

41. Completing your college coursework within a specific time-frame requires setting what type of goals?
42. Transitional goals
43. Intermediate goals
44. Long-term goals
45. D. Short-term goals

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals

Feedback: Long-term goals are needed to get through college in a specific time-frame.

42. A personal goal can be best defined as
43. goals that are meaningful.
44. goals that you want to accomplish in the near future.
45. goals that you want to accomplish over the next year.
46. D. any goal not related to academic or career achievement.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: A personal goal is any goal not related to academic or career achievement. They may support personal, family, or community endeavors.

43. An example of a personal goal would be
44. Search online positings for positions I might be interested in.
45. Study course catalogs to select courses for next semester.
46. Read business magazines to get a better idea of available business careers.
47. D. Becoming a better time manager by preparing a daily to-do list.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: A personal goal is any goal not related to academic or career achievement.

44. Self-development happens
45. after attending a motivational seminar.
46. B. over time.
47. after reading a self-help book.
48. suddenly.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: Self-development happens over time.

45. Which of the following would be a strategy for self-development?
46. Be self-critical.
47. Ask your friends what your weaknesses are.
48. Always ask, “what went wrong?”
49. D. To become a life-long learner.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: A good strategy for self-development is committing to be a life-long learner.

46. What does self-development involve?
47. A. Character development
48. Career development
49. Relationship development
50. Professional development

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: Self-development involves character development.

47. After giving an oral presentation in your photography class, several classmates mention that you say “um” too much and give you poor peer review scores. To improve your next presentation, what short-term goal might you set for yourself?
48. A. I will write out my transitions and work with a speech coach.
49. I don’t believe in these critiques. I will prepare the same way for my next presentation.
50. I will read my presentation to avoid saying “um” when moving from one topic to the next.
51. I will practice my next presentation more.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: Use the SMART acronym to prepare an improvement goal. “S”—achieve good peer review scores. “M”—a good rating rather than a poor rating. “T”—the next presentation.

48. Evaluate the following short-term goals and select which one would be most effective.
49. A. I will reduce my housing expenses by 50% by finding a roommate before school starts.
50. I will reduce my housing expenses over the next year.
51. To cut costs I will find a roommate in the next six months.
52. By fall, I will be living with a roommate instead of living alone.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: Effective goals are SMART goals. “S”—I will reduce my housing. “M”—by 50%. “T”—before school starts in the fall.

49. When you successfully want to reach a long-term goal, you must
50. know when to ask for help.
51. practice good time management.
52. make an action plan.
53. D. set and achieve supporting short-term goals.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: By setting and achieving supporting short-term goals, you will be more successful at reaching your long-term goals.

50. Evaluate the following long-term goals and select which one would be most effective.
51. i will financially be independent by age 30.
52. by age 30 I will be able to afford a new car and a new house.
53. C. to become financially independent, I will pay off my student loans by age 30.
54. i will pay off my student loans.

 

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals

Feedback: Effective goals are SMART goals. “S” – become financially independent. “M” – pay off my bills (as measured by the payment schedule). “T” – by age 30.

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Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation                                                                                                                                                   50

Blooms: Apply                                                                                                                                                                                   3

Blooms: Remember                                                                                                                                                                            23

Blooms: Understand                                                                                                                                                                           24

Difficulty: 1 Easy                                                                                                                                                                               43

Difficulty: 2 Medium                                                                                                                                                                          7

Gradable: automatic                                                                                                                                                                            45

Gradable: manual                                                                                                                                                                                5

Learning Objective: Describe the role of accountability in goal setting.                                                                                           2

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve academic goals.                                                                                               9

Learning Objective: Explain how to set and achieve personal goals.                                                                                                9

Learning Objective: Explain the components of SMART Goals.                                                                                                      1

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of goal setting and its benefits.                                                                                         9

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of SMART Goals and its benefits.                                                                                    10

Learning Objective: Identify barriers to goal setting and how to overcome them.                                                                            10

Topic: Demonstrating Accountability in Goal Setting                                                                                                                       2

Topic: Introducing Goal Setting                                                                                                                                                         9

Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to Goal setting                                                                                                          10

Topic: Setting and Achieving Academic Goals                                                                                                                                 9

Topic: Setting and Achieving Personal Goals                                                                                                                                    9

Topic: Setting SMART Goals                                                                                                                                                            11