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Who is the most susceptible to the illusion of control phenomenon?

A ______ refers to a hardy, resistant portrayal of the self during encounters with failure.

The motivational spring to action that results when a person’s present state falls short of their hoped-for ideal is referred to as a(n):

People who write down when and where they will carry out their goal-striving behavior are more likely to actually attain their goals than people who set the same goal but do not write down how they will do it. The motivational construct that explains this effect is:

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

In the second phase of the Seligman and Maier (1967) experiment with dogs in the shuttle box, dogs in the _____ condition(s) during phase 1 of the experiment were able to learn how to terminate the shock.

___________ revolve(s) around a flexible decision-making process in which the individual considers many different ways to reduce incongruities between a present state and an ideal state.

Goal disengagement is:

A deliberative mindset is most appropriate when addressing which of the following motivational questions?

Discrepancy reduction corresponds to _____-based motivation; discrepancy creation corresponds to _____-based motivation.