Riley is weighing her options for the weekend. She has a pro…
Riley is weighing her options for the weekend. She has a project due on Monday in French class and wants to present a topnotch product. She has an invitation to an out-of-town event with friends. She wants to go and knows her friends will be disappointed if she declines, but she wouldn’t return until late Saturday night. She has time-consuming reading to do for her literature class, and she never goes to class unprepared. If she goes with friends, she will disappoint herself and settle for lower quality on her French project; she will disappoint herself and go unprepared for literature discussion. If she doesn’t go with friends, she will disappoint them. What part of the motivation equation is Riley weighing?