<P> In other words, hope was defined as the perceived capability to derive pathways to desired goals and motivate oneself via agency thinking to use those pathways . </P> <P> Snyder argues that individuals who are able to realize these three components and develop a belief in their ability are hopeful people who can establish clear goals, imagine multiple workable pathways toward those goals, and persevere, even when obstacles get in their way . </P> <P> Snyder proposed a "Hope Scale" which considered that a person's determination to achieve their goal is their measured hope . Snyder differentiates between adult - measured hope and child - measured hope . The Adult Hope Scale by Snyder contains 12 questions; 4 measuring' pathways thinking', 4 measuring' agency thinking', and 4 that are simply fillers . Each subject responds to each question using an 8 - point scale . Fibel and Hale measure hope by combining Snyder's Hope Scale with their own Generalized Expectancy for Success Scale (GESS) to empirically measure hope . Snyder regarded that psychotherapy can help focus attention on one's goals, drawing on tacit knowledge of how to reach them . Similarly, there is an outlook and a grasp of reality to hope, distinguishing No Hope, Lost Hope, False Hope and Real Hope, which differ in terms of viewpoint and realism . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Hopeful </Td> <Th> Outlook </Th> <Th> Wishful </Th> <Th> Committed </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hopeful Outlook Distorted Reality False Hope </Td> <Td> Hopeful Outlook Accurate Reality Real Hope </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Skeptical </Td> <Td> No Hope Hopeless Outlook Distorted Reality </Td> <Td> Lost Hope Hopeless Outlook Accurate Reality </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hopeless </Td> <Th> Helpless </Th> <Th> Surrendered </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th_colspan="2"> Grasp of Reality </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Uninformed Distorted Denied </Td> <Td> Informed Accurate Assimilated </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Which of the following is most accurate regarding the trait of hope