As one study posed, "Provided that praise is perceived as sincere, it is particularly beneficial to motivation when it encourages performance attributions to controllable causes, promotes autonomy, enhances competence without an overreliance on social comparisons, and conveys attainable standards and expectations".
If you're tired of waiting, make sure your goals are attainable and set reasonable expectations for when you want to attain them.
By setting reasonable expectations and attainable goals.
So even though it puts fertility treatment in the limelight, it may also set unreasonable expectations on how attainable it can be.
She promises "attainable goals" and therefore gives her supporters "realistic expectations".
An artist and a football player?" she thought, and maybe even said aloud that by the time she asks the other kids about their career plans, they've figured out that her expectation is something average, something universally attainable, something ordinary.
Concentration forcing research is largely inspired by expectations of improving reactor productivity beyond that attainable under any (including optimal) steady state.
Teachers can support students' success perceptions in a variety of ways, such as by providing (a) challenging but attainable tasks and learning goals; (b) clear and realistic expectations; (c) meaningful, timely, and constructive feedback; (d) opportunities to practice and master concepts; (e) activities that are divided into manageable chunks; and (f) explanations that intelligence is malleable.
And, instead of the task feeling light or joyful, it's hard and painful because you're trying to meet external expectations that may or may not be attainable (and may or may not even be true).
Providing appropriate expectations for patients helps them to develop attainable aims about their recovery and the support strategies to achieve it [ 16].
