What is and Causes of Stress
Can stress be contagious?
Yes!
Stress can definitely contagious and spread between students.
Is there only 1 coping mechanism that works for everyone?
Everyone has different coping strategies that work for them!
Can comperative academics have both good and bad effects?
Although comparative academics can cause a lot of harm, there can also be some good things that come from it.
Will organizing your schoolwork help you stay less stressed?
Yes!
If you have everything you need organized, some stress you're feeling about schoolwork might decrease.
What is the beneficial form of stress called?
What is a eustress
What is a healthy habits you can engage in to cope with stress?
What is it called when you experience stress or pressure to measure up to other's achievements and be better?
What is perfectionism
What does comparative academics mean?
What is a term to describe how students compare how they did on an assignment to others.
What is the negative type of stress that is harmful
What is distancing yourself?
What is reminding yourself that your stress isn't permanent and finding something else to focus on
What is it called when someone compares themselves to someone they think did worse than them, and can lead to them thinking they are superior, causing the other person to feel upset?
What is self-enhancement
Why is it important to learn about comparative academics?
What is catastrophizing?
What is worrying that you will do bad on everything in the future because of a poor grade you received on one assignment.
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
What is a coping strategy where you take deep breathes, and tense and then release your muscles
What is upwards comparison and downwards comparison?
Upwards comparison: Comparing yourself to someone you believe to be better than you.
Downwards comparison: Comparing yourself to someone you believe to be worse than you.
What are 3 schoolwork tips listed in our website?
What is using a planner or agenda, having a designated homework spot, using a checklist or to-do list, and having labeled sections for each subject.
What are the 5 common causes of stress?
What is organization, time management, catastrophizing, expectations, and it being hard to find resources
What are the 9 different coping strategies we listed on the website?
What is checking in with yourself, accepting the stress, meditating, distancing yourself, engaging in healthy habits, deep breathing, talking about it, seeking meaningful activities, and muscle relaxation.
What are the 4 effects comparative academics can have?
What is motivation, self-enhancement, low self-esteem and perfectionism
What is the theory that suggests that we compare ourselves because we want to define how we stand in a certain group and figure out how we fit in?
What is the Social Comparison Theory