College Definitions
The act of delaying or postponing tasks despite expecting negative consequences.
What is Procrastination?
What is Remember?
Penn State's communication tool that houses info related to your bill, financial aid, financial awards, holds, and to-do list items
What is LionPATH?
Strategy that says, if you face a task that can be completed in two minutes or less, you should do it immediately rather than postponing it or adding it to
your to-do list.
What is the Two-Minute Rule?
Belief that one's basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits that cannot/will not change.
What is a Fixed Mindset?
Level of communication that might include reflection, self-talk, meditation, or prayer.
What is INTRAPERSONAL communication?
A study method that strengthens memory by forcing the brain to retrieve information from scratch rather than passively rereading notes.
What is Active Recall?
Penn State's communication tool that connects students to their adviser, provides updates about academic progress (2x per semester), and opportunity to schedule appointments with you some campus resources (e.g., Financial Aid).
What is Starfish?
Strategy that has you identify your most challenging or important task and complete it first thing in the morning.
What is Eat the Frog?
Being motivated to engage in a behavior in order to earn a reward or avoid punishment.
What is EXTRINSIC Motivation?
The attitude, emotion, or emotional perspective that a
speaker or writer conveys through their voice and choice of words.
What is Tone?
Memory techniques that help your brain store and recall information more easily by linking new facts to familiar words, images, or patterns.
What are mnemonic devices?
The 3 things you should always include when sending an email.
What are Subject, Salutation, and Signature?
An intelligent framework for setting goals.
What is SMART?
Specific | Measurable | Achievable | Relevant | Time-based
An individual's ability to effectively cope with stress and adversity.
What is Resilience?
The general desire or willingness to maintain a
particular behavior.
What is Motivation?
Textbook reading strategy that is the most literal way to engage with the material. Done by underlining, highlighting, and writing notes in the margins to help clarify thoughts about the material.
What is Annotate the Book?
Britt wants to send an email all their student mentees but is worried about getting too many reply all responses and also wants to protect the privacy of the recipients. How should they send the email?
What is by using the BCC line?
Time management technique that involves alternating focused work sessions with frequent short breaks to promote sustained concentration and avoid mental fatigue
What is The POMODORO Technique?
The landmark public health study by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente that linked childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction to later-life health problems, chronic illness, and early death.
What is the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study?
Self-regulation challenge that is a combination of stress, fear of failure, and pressure resulting from negative past experiences, high stakes, comparison to others, self-doubt, limited exposure.
What is Test Anxiety?
A online diagnostic tool used to assess student learning and study strategies; which provides immediate feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
What is the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI)?
The kind of tone which includes Colloquial or slang expressions and shorter words and might express more feelings and personal thoughts.
What is INFORMAL TONE?
The four categories of tasks outlined in the Eisenhower Matrix.
What are
1. Urgent and Important (Do First)
2. Important, Not Urgent (Schedule)
3. Urgent, Not Important (Delegate)
4. Not Urgent, Not Important (Delete)
The result of prolonged and severe adversity (e.g., abuse or neglect), experienced without the protection of strong, supportive relationships with adults.
What is TOXIC STRESS?