Occasionally you visualize yourself walking across the stage and receiving your university diploma. This visual image helps keep you motivated to attend classes, study, and complete your assignments. This visual imagery is an example of
A) anticipatory response mechanism
B) cognitive motivation
C) affective forecasting
D) emotional thinking

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Cognitive motivation involves the use of mental processes such as thinking, expecting, and imagining to stimulate and sustain actions toward achieving a goal. Visualizing success, like receiving a diploma, is a mental strategy to maintain focus and motivation towards academic goals.

Occasionally You Visualize Yourself Walking Across the Stage and Receiving