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motivation
You are driven either by hope or caution.
Regulatory focus theory identifies two different motivational systems: a promotion focus on achievement and a prevention focus on safety.
Promotion-oriented people act to gain positive outcomes, while prevention-oriented people act to avoid negative ones. Your choice of strategy dictates how you handle tasks and how you respond to failure. One looks for gains, the other looks for hazards.
Your personality defines how you approach every challenge.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Higgins, 1997, American Psychologist
- What the check found
- The claim correctly identifies the core of Higgins' (1997) Regulatory Focus Theory published in the American Psychologist.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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