Chelsea's Parents Have Been Pressuring Her to Find a Job

Chelsea's parents have been pressuring her to find a job. She wakes up Monday morning and makes a plan. First she'll look at the classified advertisements and then she'll look online for open positions. After that, she plans on calling all of her friends whose parents own a business to see if there are any open positions. These first steps and the plan she has created are best described as the _____ component of motivation.

A) self-actualization
B) assimilation
C) persistence
D) activation