Goals

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Goal orientation, perceived task outcome and task demands in mathematics tasks: effects on students attitude in actual task settings.

BACKGROUND: In earlier studies, it has been found that students domain-specific cognitions and personal learning goals (goal orientation) influence task-specific appraisals of actual learning tasks. The relations between domain-specific and task-specific ...
Gerard Seegers, Cornelis M van Putten, Cornelis J de Brabander (Br J Educ Psychol, 200209)
goal-orientation-perceived-task-outcome-task-demands-mathematics.asp

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Longitudinal predictors of proactive goals and activity participation at age 80.

This study investigated longitudinal predictors of proactive goals and activity participation at age 80 among members of the Terman Study of the Gifted. The participants were 242 individuals between the ages of 75 and 84 (M = 79.53) who responded to ...
Carole K Holahan, Jennifer R Chapman (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 200209)
longitudinal-predictors-proactive-goals-activity-participation-age.asp

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Self-esteem and persistence in the face of failure.

In 2 studies, the authors examined self-esteem, persistence, and rumination in the face of failure. Study 1 manipulated degree of failure and availability of goal alternatives. When an alternative was available, high self-esteem (HSE) participants ...
Adam Di Paula, Jennifer D Campbell (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200209)
self-esteem-persistence-face-failure.asp

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Cognitive interference during competition among volleyball players with different goal orientation profiles.

In this study, we examined interfering thoughts during sport competition among university volleyball players as a function of dominant goal orientation and outcome. In particular, we investigated the performance worries and thoughts of escape experienced ...
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis, Stuart J H Biddle (J Sports Sci, 200209)
cognitive-interference-competition-volleyball-players-different-goal.asp

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Implementing goals for non-cognitive outcomes within a basic science course.

OBJECTIVE: An essential principle of competency-based education (CBE) is use of observable outcomes with assessments as judgments of competence based on defined criteria. Faculty are accustomed to using learning objectives as the defining criteria for ...
Pamela L Derstine (Acad Med, 200209)
implementing-goals-non-cognitive-outcomes-basic-science-course.asp

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Perceptions of goal-directed activities of optimists and pessimists: a personal projects analysis.

In this research the authors examined the relationship between optimism and personal projects in a community sample. Three hundred twenty-five community volunteers completed the Personal Projects Analysis (PPA; B. R. Little, 1983) and measures of ...
Todd Jackson, Karen E Weiss, Jessie J Lundquist, Adam Soderlind (J Psychol, 200209)
perceptions-goal-directed-activities-optimists-pessimists-personal.asp

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Modulation of motor and premotor activity during imitation of target-directed actions.

Behavioral studies reveal that imitation performance and the motor system are strongly influenced by the goal of the action to be performed. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess the effect of explicit action goals on neural ...
Lisa Koski, Andreas Wohlschläger, Harold Bekkering, Roger P Woods, Marie-Charlotte Dubeau, John C Mazziotta, Marco Iacoboni (Cereb Cortex, 200208)
modulation-motor-premotor-activity-imitation-target-directed-actions.asp

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The impact of the 9-21 earthquake experiences of Taiwanese nurses as rescuers.

The powerful earthquake of September 21, 1999 wrought incalculable havoc on lives and properties in Taiwan. Although the scars of the earthquake can never be erased, the calamity can lead to a more full understanding of the experiences, perceptions and ...
Fu-Jin Shih, Yen-Chi Liao, Shiu-Mei Chan, Bau-Ruei Duh, Meei-Ling Gau (Soc Sci Med, 200208)
impact--earthquake-experiences-taiwanese-nurses-rescuers.asp

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Goal-directedness and personal identity as correlates of life outcomes.

Although much research has been conducted on goal setting, researchers have not examined goal-directedness or propensity to set goals as a stable human characteristic in adults. In this study, a survey was developed and distributed to 104 adult ...
Barry M Goldman, Suzanne S Masterson, Edwin A Locke, Markus Groth, David G Jensen (Psychol Rep, 200208)
goal-directedness-personal-identity-correlates-life-outcomes.asp

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On-line versus off-line vestibular-evoked control of goal-directed arm movements.

The present study tested whether vestibular input can be processed on-line to control goal-directed arm movements towards memorized visual targets when the whole body is passively rotated during movement execution. Subjects succeeded in compensating for ...
Jean-Pierre Bresciani, Jean Blouin, Fabrice Sarlegna, Christophe Bourdin, Jean-Louis Vercher, Gabriel M Gauthier (Neuroreport, 200208)
line-versus-off-line-vestibular-evoked-control-goal-directed-arm.asp