Caffeine, Alcohol, & Sleep
If you can fall asleep easily, caffeine is not harming you.
False. Even when falling asleep is easy, caffeine decreases the quality of your sleep.
True.
True of false: chronic stress is helpful.
Does the following statement represent a growth mindset:
"I'm just not a creative person."
(explain your answer)
No
Which academic skills is the highly correlated with career and life success?
Reading
Chronic caffeine consumption increases one's productivity.
False. Chronic caffeine consumption results in a net decrease in productivity.
Evidence illustrates that THC improves psychiatric symptoms.
False. Evidence currently indicates that THC exacerbates psychiatric symptoms.
True or false: can changing your perceptions about stress change how your body responds to stress? (justify your answer)
Yes.
Those with a growth mindset.
If one reads leas than 15 minutes a day is she
a) falling behind the average reading growth
b) keeping pace with the average reading growth
c) exceeding the average reading growth
a) falling behind.
Regular adolescent cannabis use yeilds a ___% probability of addiction.
50%
If two people experience equal amounts of stress, but one person perceives stress to be harmful, and the other perceives stress to be helpful, which person is likely to die first. Explain your answer.
The person who views stress as harmful is likely to die first.
Someone who has a growth mindset _______ struggles and difficulties
a) embraces
b) avoids
a) embraces
To maximize our literacy gains, we should read. . .
a) 15 minutes/day
b) 20 minutes/day
c) 30 minutes/day
c) 30 minutes/day
What is the approximate average half-life of caffeine?
5-6 hours.
List 3 cognitive impairments that result from regular THC use.
“Regular cannabis use in adolescence is significantly associated with cognitive impairment within the domains of attention, processing speed, verbal learning and memory, and executive functioning.”
Name three common physical symptoms of stress.
Does the following statement indicate a growth mindset:
"I can't do it yet."
(explain your answer)
Yes. It indicates a growth mindset.
When reading engagement is high, what happens to the literacy scores of low-income students.
They practically match the scores of middle-income students.
Does caffeine give you energy? (Explain your answer.)
No.
What effect does chronic cannabis use have on one's ability to feel pleasure and stress?
It decreases one's ability to feel either.
Explain why Faith Dickey's stress response is beneficial to her.
1) it helps her focus
2) it keeps her safe(er)
3) it helps her capitalize on her preparation.
Explain what it means to have a growth mindset.
A growth mindset means that one views themselves as being able to improve in every aspect of their lives, that hard work will result in improvement.
Explain why reading has such an immense impact on career and life success.
Reading impacts virtually every aspect of modern life. Decreased literacy yields higher rates of unemployment, criminality, homelessness, etc.