Select only one of the following behaviors as the basis for your paper: “Starting a family”.Write a 1,050- to 1,600-word paper in which you evaluate how goals, mindsets, and personal beliefs affect motivation to engage or disengage in the selected behavior.

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Select only one of the following behaviors as the basis for your paper: “Starting a family”

Write a 1,050- to 1,600-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:

Compare the four types of mindsets, and identify which is most appropriate for the selected activity (note that cognitive dissonance should be included as one of the 4 mindsets).

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.

Explain self-efficacy, mastery beliefs, and learned helplessness, and their relationship to motivation.

Identify and analyze at least one relevant theory on goal setting, mindset, personal control, and the self.

Include at least 2 references from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources. Note that the text should be used as a cited and referenced source in your paper, but it does not count as one of your peer-reviewed sources. There are journal articles in the electronic reserve readings that would work well, and are considered peer-reviewed.

Format your paper and all citations and references according to APA guidelines.

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