Chapter 3
What are some solutions to test anxiety?
Relax! Understand your stress, take time to regroup.
Take time to study before the exam so you feel prepared.
True or False: The Honors College has a student government?
True! The HSC holds meetings every month in the HC lounge.
What are examples of extrinsic motivators?
Where can you go on campus to print?
Lied Library and the Honors College
What is an intrinsic motivator?
"...the stuff that comes from deep within you."
(Bain, 20)
What are the drawbacks to using old mental models?
You never get the chance to grow, only have one worldview.
(Bain, 66).
Where can you get weekly information on what is happening in the Honors College?
HC Weekly
Why should we work to create new mental models?
It allows us to have new perspectives, be more innovative, and challenge old ways of thinking.
Where is tutoring located?
The second floor of the Lied Library
What is the "alligator brain?"
The "fight or flight" part of the brain
What does your "Spock Brain" do according to Bain?
This part of the brain, "builds those mental models, stores them (remembers stuff), and uses them to interpret new sensory input."
(Bain, 71)
What is the phone number for the Honors College?
(702)-895-3011
Why should we challenge our ways of thinking?
It can open us up to new perspectives
"They engage in discussions in which they challenge one another's arguments, pointing out any problems with evidence or reasoning."
(Bain, 210)
Where can you go to put money on your rebelcard?
The library, SWRC, or online
What is strategic learning?
"'Strategic' learners primarily intend simply to make good grades, often for the sake of graduate or professional school."
(Bain, 36)
What are "expectation failures?"
"The brain expects a certain outcome (because of a model it has built), yet something else happens."
(Bain, 68)
"...deliberately exposing ourselves to people who may make us uneasy but nevertheless prompt greater creativity."
(Bain, 71)
How can you contact a professor after class?
Email them or go to their office hours
What are some of the benefits of a liberal arts education?
Well-roundedness and exposure to new ideas
"Imagine that you are trying to see different shades of a color. You can see the difference most clearly if you put them next to each other. So it is with understanding yourself and your own times"
(Bain 204)
What resources does the Academic Success Center have to offer?
Coaching, Advising, Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, and more!
What is the meaning of liberal?
Free
(Bain, 200)
What is "myside bias?"
"People tend to think from their own perspective"
(Bain, 77)
Also known as confirmation bias
What is imposter syndrome?
The belief that you are not good enough, or that you do not belong.
True or False: Feeling uncomfortable in college is a good thing according to Bain
True!
What app can you download to stay safe on campus?
The Rebelsafe app!
When is the next Athenaeum?
October 10th at the Blasco Event Wing