Maria is comparing her history project's second-place award to her classmate's first-place award. She starts planning how to win the first-place award for the next contest. Which type of goal is Maria most likely planning?

A normative goal is based on comparing your performance with someone else’s. Maria is comparing her second-place award with her classmate’s first-place award and wants to place ahead of her next time, so she is planning a normative goal.

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