Exam 9: Mindsets

An individual that is sensitive to positive outcomes, approaches possibilities of gain, and adopts an enthusiastic behavioral strategy of locomotion that might be characterized as "just do it" is demonstrating a(n) ______mindset.

Initiation rituals in groups such as the military, fraternities, and athletic teams increase acceptance by group members.Initiation rituals increase acceptance by capitalizing on what dissonance-arousing process?

Identify the four ways a dissonance-suffering individual can reduce felt dissonance. Provide an illustrative example of each way of reducing dissonance.

Higgins (1997) suggests that depending on the individuals' regulatory mindset, success and failure means different things. Which focus (mindset) best represents the statement "success means the presence of gain"?

Explain in detail what is meant by the statement "the meaning of effort is a crucially important understanding when the individual faces a difficult task".

When one adopts performance-avoidance goals, goal pursuit tends to produce:

Explain how one of the two following situations produces cognitive dissonance in the individual-the act of making a choice or effort justification.

A(n) ______is a cognitive framework to guide one's attention, information processing, decision making, and thinking about the meaning of effort, success, failure, and one's own personal qualities.

Discuss the relationship between pursuing performance-avoidance achievement goals and psychological well-being.

What causes the psychological experience of cognitive dissonance?

The ______mindset centers on responsibility, meeting obligations, and duty.

______involve(s) the ongoing maintenance and persistence of motivated action because it involves all the post-decisional processes that sustain ongoing activity.

People with a ______mindset exert more effort, feel more alert, value the experience more, and cope and perform better when they strive with vigilance (rather than with eagerness).