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The Professional Counselor \Volume 2, Issue 3 186 Figure 6. Lifestyle of Support Staff Lifestyles of Postgraduate Students The four-quadrant graph shows that as a whole the fundamental lifestyle of the postgraduate students falls into the recognition quadrant (Figure 7). The findings suggest that academic achievement, awards and recognition are important sources of motivation for the majority of students at the postgraduate level. In fact, they prefer higher recognition, as indicated by their preferred self-scores. Figure 7 also reveals that the score distributions recorded by the postgraduate students clustered around the acceptable range of 40–60 with a slight tilt toward the introverted quadrant. A high number of postgraduate students with introverted behavior may suggest that the students tend to work in silos when seeking recognition, and students with extreme scores are not actively socializing with others. In fact, they also do not engage much in introspective activities (e.g., self-reflection). Such a scenario may not be considered as positive in that postgraduate students are expected to be learners who engage actively in thinking and research activities. Lifestyles of Undergraduate Students The four-quadrant graph shows that as a whole the undergraduate students’ lifestyle (both real- and preferred-self) is within the recognition quadrant (Figure 8).The findings suggest that academic achievement, awards and other forms of recognition are very important for the majority of undergraduate students. The scatter plot in Figure 8 reveals that most undergraduate students’ scores clustered around the acceptable range of 40–60; however, a number of the students’ scores tilted toward the introverted quadrant. This result shows that some undergraduate students are introverted in their lifestyle and do not engage much in introspective activities (e.g., self-reflection).