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.

activation            

Explanation:

In psychology, there are mainly three distinct types of components related to motivation including intensity, activation, and persistence.

Activation component of motivation: Activation component is also referred as "initiation component of motivation" which is related to an individual's behavior and encompasses the very first step that an individual takes while achieving a specific goal. It involves an individual's arousal level which is considered effective in fulfilling a specific desire or goal.

As per the question, the given statement represents the "activation" component of motivation.

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