Tools
What are non phone tools that help you keep track of assignments, appointments, an deadlines.
What is a planner, calendar, sticky notes, or telling family/friends
What is it called when the develops skills that help get things done. This includes planning, starting a task, remembering, and switching between tasks.
What is executive functioning?
What is one strategy for making a big task feel more manageable?
What is breaking it down into smaller steps
Explain a Growth Mindset
What is the belief that you can develop your intelligence, skills, and talents through hard work, good strategies, and help from others.
You have an assignment due tomorrow. What is the first step in the Pause → Plan → Do → Check system?
What is Pause
You have an interview in three weeks. What is one tool you could use to remember something this important?
A calendar app or another reminder system.
What is it called when someone is able to adjust when things don't go as planned.
What is "flexible thinking?"
What do you call working near someone physically or virtually while each person focuses on their tasks.
What is body doubling
Define a fixed mindset
Believing abilities cannot change much or that mistakes prove you aren't capable.
You have work at 5:00 PM and need to get across town. Which part of the Pause → Plan → Do → Check system helps you figure out what comes first and how long things will take?
What is Plan
What tool can help break big assignments into smaller steps?
What skill helps you figure out what needs to happen and what comes first?
What is Planning and prioritizing.
Define paring something you dislike with something enjoable
What is dopamine pairing
True or False
The difference between reacting automatically and responding intentionally is an automatic reaction happens quickly and an intentional response involves pausing and choosing what to do.
True
You have trouble focusing on a task when working alone. What strategy involves working near another person who is also focusing on their tasks?
What is Body doubling
You need to remember to bring something when you leave home. What strategy from the presentation could help?
Put the item with something you know you won't forget.
What skill helps you notice what you're doing and whether it's working?
What is self-monitoring
Name one strategy that can help you get started on a task you have been procrastinating
What is breaking cleaning into smaller steps, using kind self-talk, anticipating progress rather than completion, body doubling, or pairing the task with something enjoyable.
Define a Shame Loop
What is a cycle where feeling bad about a mistake turns into feeling bad about who you are, which makes you feel so upset that you end up making more mistakes.
You keep telling yourself that you must finish an entire task perfectly, so you never start. Based on the presentation, what mindset or strategy could help?
What is focusing on progress rather than completion, using kind self-talk, and lowering the effort needed to start by breaking the task into smaller steps.
What are phone apps that can be used to keep information and important dates?
What is the apple reminder app, apple calendar app, google calendar app, apple reminder app, google tasks app, or android reminder app.
Name three executive functioning skills from the presentation and explain what each one helps you do.
Any three: impulse control, emotional control, flexible thinking, working memory, self-monitoring, planning and prioritizing, task initiation, or organization, with accurate definitions.
What does it mean to lowe the activation energy needed to start a task?
What is making starting easier by reducing the effort needed for the first step
Define Emotional Inertia
What is the tendency of a person's emotional state to resist change and persist over time, even when circumstances, environments, or internal efforts to regulate shift. Also can be considered as getting stuck in a mood
After finishing an assignment, what questions should you ask during the Check step?
What is did I fully complete and submit the assignment? Do I need to respond, clean up, or follow up?