Question

You have to host a dinner party for 30 people on Saturday. Your apartment is in a mess and your clothes need to be washed. You decide to do your laundry on Thursday, buy the groceries on Friday, clean the apartment on Saturday in the morning, and prepare the dinner on Saturday evening. Solving the problem of hosting the dinner party in this way is an example of ___________.

Answer 1

Answer: Sub-goaling

Explanation:

Sub- goaling is defined as the process used in field of psychology where the a particular cluster of steps is provided with label in a function for achieving the complete goal. These step cluster are performed in step by step process for processing towards goal through sub-goal.

According to the mentioned scenario, dinner party is being planned through sub-goal manner as the steps for performing each task is divided according to day and time e.g- Laundry will be done on Thursday etc which will help in achieving party hosting goal easily by steps.