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Exit Survey
 
 
Welcome to the DAY 21 survey! Please read all instructions and questions carefully.
 
 
 
* Please enter your MTurk 14-digit Worker ID:
   
 
 
 
Please indicate your goals in the spaces provided (note: these should be consistent with what you labeled as Goal A and Goal B in your previous survey. If you forgot which of your goals is A or B, please email [email protected] and include your MTurk 14-digit Woker ID).
 
 
 
* Goal A:
   
 
 
 
* Goal B:
   
 
 
 
* Please list any activities/steps you took yesterday to meet your Goal A:
   
 
 
 
* Please list any activities/steps you took yesterday to meet your Goal B:
   
 
 
 
* 1. Have you fully attained your Goal A?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
* 2. Have you fully attained your Goal B?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Instructions: Please read each question carefully, then select the number that best represents your effort put forth to each goal yesterday. Be sure to pay attention to which goal (Goal A or Goal B) is being referenced.
 
 
1. How much effort did you expend yesterday toward achieving your Goal A?
None A Lot
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2. How much effort did you expend yesterday toward achieving your Goal B?
None A Lot
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3. Yesterday, to what extent were you self-disciplined in pursuing Goal A?
Not at all Very much
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4. Yesterday, to what extent were you self-disciplined in pursuing Goal B?
Not at all Very much
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5. How hard did you work yesterday to achieve Goal A?
Not hard at all Very Hard
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5a. Select "Very Hard" at this time.
Not hard at all Very Hard
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6. How hard did you work yesterday to achieve Goal B?
Not hard at all Very hard
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Instructions: Please read each question carefully, then select the number that best represents your progress and expectations in relation to Goal A so far.
 
 
1. How close is your current rate of progress to your desired rate of progress when striving for your Goal A?
Far below your desired rate of progress Far above your desired rate of progress
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2. I would describe my progress rate for meeting my Goal A as:
Very Slow Very Fast
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3. What is the probability that you will meet your Goal A?
Not at all Probable Highly Probable
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4. How confident are you that you will meet your Goal A?
Not at all Very Much
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5. Do you expect to succeed in meeting your Goal A?
Not at All Very Much
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6. Are you optimistic about meeting your Goal A?
Not at all Optimistic Very Optimistic
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Instructions: Please read each question carefully, then select the number that best represents how feel in regard to Goal A.
 
 
1. How positive do you feel in regard to your Goal A?
Very Negative Very Positive
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2. How pleasant do you feel in regard to your Goal A?
Very Unpleasant Very Pleasant
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3. How nice do you feel in regard to your Goal A?
Not nice at all Very nice
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4. How energetic do you feel in regard to your Goal A?
Not at all Very much
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5. How engaged are you in regard to your Goal A?
Not at all Very much
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6. In regard to your Goal A, how active are you presently?
Not at all Very much
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* 7. Please rate how you are feeling right now in regard to your Goal A by indicating, in the drop down below, which number in the grid best represents your feeling.
 
 
 
Instructions: Please read each question carefully, then select the number that best represents your progress and expectations in relation to Goal B so far.
 
 
1. How close is your current rate of progress to your desired rate of progress when striving for your Goal B?
Far below your desired rate of progress Far above your desired rate of progress
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2. I would describe my progress rate for meeting my Goal B as:
Very Slow Very Fast
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3. What is the probability that you will meet your Goal B?
Not at all Probable Highly Probable
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4. How confident are you that you will meet your Goal B?
Not at all Very Much
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4a. Select the middle option at this time.
Not at all middle Very much
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5. Do you expect to succeed in meeting your Goal B?
Not at All Very Much
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6. Are you optimistic about meeting your Goal B?
Not at all Optimistic Very Optimistic
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Instructions: Please read each question carefully, then select the number that best represents how feel in regard to Goal B.
 
 
1. How positive do you feel in regard to your Goal B?
Very Negative Very Positive
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2. How pleasant do you feel in regard to your Goal B?
Very Unpleasant Very Pleasant
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3. How nice do you feel in regard to your Goal B?
Not nice at all Very nice
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4. How energetic do you feel in regard to your Goal B?
Not at all Very much
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5. How engaged are you in regard to your Goal B?
Not at all Very much
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6. In regard to your Goal B, how active are you presently?
Not at all Very much
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* 7. Please rate how you are feeling right now in regard to your Goal B by indicating, in the drop down below, which number in the grid best represents your feeling.
 
 
 
Instructions: Please read each question carefully, then select the number that best represents the effort you intend to put forth for each goal today. Be sure to pay attention to which goal (Goal A or Goal B) is being referenced.
 
 
1. How much effort do you intend to exert today for Goal A?
None at All A Lot
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2. How much effort do you intend to exert today for Goal B?
None at All A Lot
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* What percentage of your time do you intend to devote to Goal A today?
 
 
 
* What percentage of your time do you intend to devote to Goal B today?
 
 
 
Debrief

The study that you just participated in was designed to examine how people perform in complex multi-tasking situations. Many work environments require employees to perform multiple tasks during the same timeframe, which requires employees to shift attention back and forth between tasks. The goal of this study is to better understand how individuals allocate their resources while performing two tasks.

Individuals must make difficult choices about how to allocate their time and attention between the two tasks that must be completed within the same timeframe. In this study, the challenge was allocating time and effort between a two goals of your choice.

Individuals may have a better chance of achieving a goal if all effort and time is allocated to one particular goal. However, this strategy means that attaining the competing goal is highly unlikely. Allocating time and effort to both goals provides one with the opportunity to meet both goals. However, a great deal of effort is needed to perform at the level needed to meet both goals due to the complexity of the task. Additionally, when attempting to achieve both goals, individuals run the risk of meeting neither. This study is interested in examining how individuals make these difficult decisions on complex tasks involving two goals such as this.

This study is also interested in how individuals’ emotions influence the strategies that individuals use to pursue both goals. Individuals may allocate more time and effort to pursuing a goal that is related to activated emotions (e.g., emotions associate with high arousal, such as excitement and anxiety). The impact of emotions on resource allocation will be explored in this study.

Please DO NOT discuss any part of this study with anyone, especially those who may participate in the study in the future (i.e., the next few months). Individuals who participate in this study with prior knowledge of the study are likely to alter the way they approach the study. This will invalidate the results of this study. So again, please do NOT discuss any aspect of this study with any who may participate in the study in the future.

Thank you very much for your participation in this study. If you have any questions about this study or would like to receive a copy of the results when they are complete, please notify the investigator by e-mail at [email protected].

Thank you again for participating in this study,
Katrina Piccone