Question

The goal motive explanation (why goals are pursued) for the relationship between strong financial aspirations and lower well-being is that

	a.	strong financial motivations lead to a variety of personal and social conflicts that lower well-being.
	b.	people with strong financial aspirations are searching for a purpose in life, but have made a poor choice.
	c.	strong financial aspirations are typically adopted by people who come from impoverished backgrounds and see money as the cause and the solution to their problems.
	d.	strong financial aspirations are likely to involved controlled rather than autonomous sources of motivation and research shows controlled motivations lower well-being.

The goal contents explanation (what goals are pursued) for the relationship between strong financial aspirations and lower well-being is that

	a.	people with strong financial aspirations are shallow, superficial, and easily influenced by our “celebrity culture.”
	b.	extrinsic goals are inherently less satisfying than intrinsic goals and might also interfere with the pursuit of intrinsic goals such as developing supportive social relationships.
	c.	people must choose between extrinsic and intrinsic goals and materialists have made the wrong choice.
	d.	strong financial aspirations inevitably lead to a stressful and frustrating life that undercuts the satisfaction that may result from financial success.

Corey Keyes’ “complete model of mental health” describes

	a.	how the presence or absence of mental illness can be used to infer mental health.
	b.	discrete categories of mental illness and mental health.
	c.	a clear line of divide between mental illness and mental health.
	d.	a continuum running from mental illness to flourishing.

Goals connect the “having” and “doing.” This means that

	a.	personal goals help determine the influences that personal resources have on well-being.
	b.	personal goals determine what you have and what you do.
	c.	what you have determines what you do and therefore what you achieve.
	d.	personal resources and personal goals are both determined by an individual’s personality.

Answer 1

* The goal motive explanation for the relationship between strong financial aspiration and lower well being is that people who want to make a lot of money will choose a career that would help them to achieve their target,but, when they fail or neglect other important things in life as time for themselves, family, friends etc, they make poor choice, that effect their overall well being.

Answer. Option b. People with strong financial aspirations are searching for a purpose in life, but have made a poor choice.

* The goal content explanation is that when individuals are intrinsically motivated, it gives them more sense of fulfillment, keeps them interested in the task, and the purpose of the task gains them more social support, or they find the purpose to be helpful for many. Thus, intrinsic motivation plays an important role than extrinsic motivation.

Answer. Option b. Extrinsic girls are inherently less satisfying than intrinsic goals and might also interfere with the pursuit of intrinsic goals such as developing support your social relationships.

* Corey Keyes model is a flourishing model of mental health. In this model he describes ways to have better mental health from a low level of well being and mental health.

Answer. Option d. A continuum running from mental illness to flourishing.

* The personal resources as family and friends support, a positive attitude, determination that an individual has, determines the goals of the individual and how they achieve them.

Answer. Option c. What you have determines what you do and therefore what you achieve.