Effect Of Goal Setting On Choice Reaction Time
Gholami, Amin, Farokhi Ahmad · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of I goal setting on choice reaction time (CRT). 50 male athlete students (19-23 yr.) from physical education Faculty of Tehran university were selected. 10 subjects were selected by simple random sampling method from 50 subjects as a base group (who did not participate in the main study). Then base group were tested on a CRT test and their scores mean recorded as base record. Other 40 subjects were tested on a choice reaction time test too and assigned to 4 conditions (personal, easy and difficult goal group and control group) by random assignment method. The difficult and easy goal was set far and close to base record and personal goal was set by subjects themselves. After 4 practice sessions groups were tested CRT test. Data analysis indicate significant difference between pre and post test means of groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: Goal setting can improve CRT meanwhile difficult goal is more effective than other methods and then personal goal and finally simple goal.