Definitions
The act of transmitting information,
ideas, and attitudes from one person to another.
What is Communication
What are Subject, Salutation, and Signature?
Negative stress that occurs when dealing with something difficult and disheartening.
What is Distress?
The #1 source of test questions and answers.
What is lecture information?
Short term response to a single stressful event that resolves relatively quickly.
A strategy used to decide what
steps to take in order to best achieve goals.
What is Action Planning?
What are verbal/oral, non-verbal, and written?
Process that involves serious thought about one’s character, actions, and motives [THINKING]
What is Reflection?
Shift that happens in college where the responsibility of learning shifts from being focused mostly on the teacher to mostly on the student.
What is the 80/20 (HS) to the 20/80 (College) Shift?
What are through (1) property, (2) money, (3) values, (4) impact
The reason or reasons one has for
acting or behaving in a particular way; the general
desire or willingness of someone to do something
What is Motivation?
Alternating between two or more languages. Subtly
changing the way one expresses themselves.
What is Code Switching?
Process of making a judgment about the amount or value of something; assessment [DOING]
What is Evaluation?
Three major ways that college differs from high school.
What are (1) emphasis on critical thinking, (2) increased independence, and (3) severe consequences
Three of the five types of impostors discussed in class.
What are The Perfectionist, The Natural Genius, The Expert, The Soloist, and/or The Superhuman
Belief that one is inadequate and incompetent despite evidence of being skilled and successful.
What is Impostor Syndrome?
The two primary ways one can build relationships in college.
What are (1) build a positive reputation and (2) develop oneself
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?
The four steps of Intense Study Sessions
What are [1] Set a Goal (1-2 minutes), [2] Study with Focus (30-50 minutes), [3] Reward Yourself (10-15 minutes), and [4] Review (5 minutes)
Three of the five reasons why we typically lack motivation.
What are (1) avoidance, (2) self-doubt, (3) being over-extended, (4) lack of commitment, (5) mental health concerns
The body's natural defense against predators and danger.
What is Stress?
Communication that takes place within oneself (e.g., self-talk, meditation, and prayer)
What is Intrapersonal Communication?
The tendency to be motivated to engage in a behavior in order to earn a reward or avoid punishment.
What is Extrinsic Motivation?
The five components of the study cycle.
What are (1) Preview, (2) Attend Class, (3) Review, (4) Do Intense Study Sessions, (5) Assess Your Learning
Framework that can help improve quality of learning. Represented using a pyramid where base = lowest level of thinking.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?