Assignment:
Select one of the following behaviors as the basis for your paper:
- Eating healthy
- Exercising
- Smoking cessation
- Attending college
- Starting a family
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you evaluate how goals, mindsets, and personal beliefs affect motivation to engage or disengage in the selected behavior. Include the following:
1. Compare the four types of mindsets, and identify which is most appropriate for the selected activity.
2. Analyze the influence of human cognitions and other factors related to self on motivation-including self-concept, self-esteem, and self-regulation-to engage in your selected behavior.
3. Explain self-efficacy, mastery beliefs, and learned helplessness, and their relationship to motivation.
4. Identify and analyze relevant theories on goal setting, mindset, personal control, and the self.
Include at least 2 references from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.