Self-Control • Where do you really lack self-control? • What is your ”toxic trait”? Self-Management Quiz Self-Management Quiz • To tally your total score: • Reverse your rating for items 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 13 (1=5, 2=4, 3=3, 4=2, 5=1). • Now add your ratings to establish your total score. • Total scores range from 13 to 65, with higher scores indicating more self-control. The average score was 39 in two studies of college students (Tangney et al., 2004). Self-Management Quiz • Total scores range from 13 to 65, with higher scores indicating more self-control. • The average score was 39 in two studies of college students (Tangney et al., 2004). Time-Management Quiz Time-Management Quiz • Give yourself one point for each NO answer to questions 5, 6, and 8, a • One point for each YES answer to all the other questions. Manage your Time • Use a time budget • Plan for the following: • • • • • • Recreation and friends Social media Sleep Eating and Personal care (e.g., working out, facials, mediating) Class time and study time Employment and home obligations Create Weekly and Daily Schedules • Create schedules to make space of all of things you need • You will have to adjust the more preferred activities as a full-time student Allowing space in your calendar allows you to do the things you want & need • Let’s call a spade a spade How many of you have ever had this interaction with a “not that close friend”? Them: OMG we seriously need to catch up and see each other more You: I KNOWWWW, I’ve been so busy with school and work and this panorama has been insane Them: Dude, same. I’m drowning, I can’t handle it, but let’s get together soon! You: Yes, plzzzz how to make your study time count! Part of time management is using your time effectively and efficiently How do you usually study? • Re-reading • Highlighting text • Keywords Research shows most common study methods not effective! (Dunlosky, 2013) Adapted from Dr. Rios How should you study? • Build fluency! • Master a skill with a fast and accurate rate • Fluency = Accuracy/Time • Don’t just aim for being fast, aim for being accurate! Adapted from Dr. Rios Research behind building Fluency • Many studies have shown how building fluency with one skill can help you retain the information longer and build on new skills Adapted from Dr. Rios How should you study? (cont. ) • SAFMEDS (Say All Fast a Minute Every Day Shuffle) Say-Say the answers to your cards out loud All-Should practice with the entire deck not just a few at a time Fast- Practice should be quick and timed Minute Every Day- brief timing each day to assess how well you know material Shuffle- frequently shuffle the order Adapted from Dr. Rios How should you study? (cont. ) • SAFMEDS Tips • Make sure cards do not have any irrelevant stimuli • Question on one side and Answer in the other • Say the cards out loud as often as you can • Break study objectives down into small parts • Some study objectives will require multiple cards • Put examples and non-examples on your cards Adapted from Dr. Rios Fluency = ___________ True or False Most commonly used study methods are not effective True or False You should practice your terms every day True or False You should time yourself for at least 5 minutes College b like: you’re gonna pay us but we are just going to tell you to read a billion chapters a week for 4 years How should you read all those texts • SQ3R Method 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Survey Question Read Recite Review Adapted from Dr. Rios 1. Survey • Scan titles and section headings • Read the study objectives • Examine the summaries and terms Adapted from Dr. Rios 2. Question • Write questions on the material you think is important • Study the visual aids and make questions on visual aids Adapted from Dr. Rios 3. Read Actively • Find the answers to your questions while you are reading • Make brief notes • Locate main concepts • Think about how text relates to previous content Adapted from Dr. Rios 4. Recite Answers Adapted from Dr. Rios 5. Review • • • • Adapted from Dr. Rios Review study materials Re-read sections Reflect on readings Organize important questions Joe read the study objectives in his Biology book and scanned the titles What component of SQ3R? While she was reading, Tiffany found the answers to all her questions Which component of SQ3R? Jack wrote questions down for the main titles of the reading Which component of SQ3R? More behavioral tips from a former sad student • NCR • Use Behavioral Momentum Theory to get you started • Premack Principle to get the hardest stuff completed • Watch out for ratio strain (i.e., don’t expect to much of yourself on a single weekend) • Save only the good reinforcers for the hard stuff! • Wake up early (I know, I know!) but it’s going to help you feel like you do more than just school and work (more time in reinforcement) • Do not work in your bed! (Conserve stimulus control) Psychology • Answers (or attempts to) questions regarding who we are, what produces our thoughts, feelings, actions? • How can we understand and manage those around us? • It is the scientific study of mind and behavior (APA, 2015) Psychology is a Science • Use an empirical approach for testing our claims • That is we gather data to identify relations between independent variables and dependent variables • We must adopt the scientific attitude • Curiosity: Does it work? Is it real? • Skepticism: How do you know? • Humility: Objective data change our explanations History of Psychology First Psychology Lab Psychology First Schools of Thought • Structuralism Psychology First Schools of Thought • Functionalism Psychology Evolves • Behaviorism Psychology Evolves • Psychoanalytic Psychology Psychology Evolves • Humanistic Psychology Abraham Maslow Contemporary Psychology • Behavior genetics • Cross-cultural and gender psychology • Positive psychology Psychology’s Theoretical Perspectives • Neuroscience • Evolutionary • Behavior genetics • Psychodynamic • Behavioral • Cognitive • Social-cultural

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