Midterm

1. Welcome to your Portfolio Midterm!
There are three sections to your midterm. Please read instructions in each section and
follow the directions.
Section One:
By
Tiffany Malcolm
It is important that you make a commitment to succeed in your college education. A
good way to finish what you start is to start well! In one paragraph or more write what
your intentions (right under this paragraph) are for this class and your college education.
Intention statements are commitments you make to do a specific task or to take a
certain action. Remember to be effective your Intention Statements must begin with "I
will" or "I intend to" NEVER "I WILL TRY". Saying you will try is not good enough to
bring about change.
In this class and during my college education I intend to receive no more than a
“B” in my classes. I intend on stay on top of my class work and stay organized so
I am able to stable my life with school, work, and taking care of my family. I intend
to stay on the right track so I can graduate within a year instead of two, so I can
go straight into my medical field of medical office administration.

2. Section Two: There are three Learning Style inventories in this section. Please
read the instructions and follow the directions for each:
One tool that students find most valuable is discussed in Chapter 1 and that is
DISCOVERING HOW YOU LEARN. This information will help you to take advantage of
your strengths and shore up your weaknesses in both school and daily living situations.
Knowing this information will help you choose activities that match your learning style. It
will also help you understand why you struggle with some activities, professors, and
courses and not others. You may also begin to understand why you get along, or work
better with some individuals than others (it may help explain why you might disagree
with those you are close to as well).
Learning Style Assignment #1: VARK
Refresher - VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning
preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-
out information. Here is your assignment:
1. Copy and paste or type your VARK results.
• Visual: 9
• Aural: 6
• Read/Write: 6
• Kinesthetic: 8
2. Now answer the following questions:
a. What are your two highest VARK scores?
Visual:9 / Kinesthetic: 8
b. What are your two lowest VARK scores?
Aural: 6 / Read & Write: 6
c. Read the Help Study Sheet a Guide to Learning Styles at:http://www.vark-
learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets
Click on each of the Leaning styles and read the study strategies.
d. Use one or more of the Learning Styles study strategies that you feel
would be most helpful to you and write a paragraph about each of the
following:

3. 1. taking in information;
2. using information for effective learning;
3. communicating more effectively;
4. performing well in tests and examinations.
Write your Paragraph here:
With visual learning styles, taking in information is easy when looking at
things that have pictures. People that learn from a visual style, their intake is
easier when they are taught from pictures, posters, slideshows.
To use the information for effective learning, study in books using
diagrams and pictures help them understand the information better than just
reading the words. Flow charts and graphs are also a way to help them absorb
information easier. Underlining and highlighting in different colors also helps
them learn when it comes to studying. Replace words with symbols or initials.
People can also convert their lecture notes into picture notes when studying.
People can communicate more effectively by explaining in detail to other
people. They can draw pictures to help other people understand more effectively
also.
To perform well in test and other examinations they can re-draw and use
diagrams to help them answer questions. After drawing they then can write their
exam answers. Recalling the pictures they use to study with can also help with
test and examinations.
Learning Style Assignment #2: Myers/Briggs
The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory is to
make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and

4. useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random
variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic
differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.
1. Do the following:
a. Copy and paste or type your Score and Personality Type:
Score: 33%, 12%, 75%, 33%
Personality Type:INFJ
b. Since you have taken the Jung Test and know what your personality type
is go to this Website:http://www.personalitypage.com/html/portraits.html
toIdentify careers for your Jung Personality Type –you will see a list of
Personality Type Portraits.
What is your Personality Type Portrait?
Answer: The Protector
c. Next click on what your Personality Type is; a new window will open. Read
your Personality Type Portrait.
d. After reading the ―Personality Type Portrait;‖ go to careers tolearn some of
the careers that are possible for your personality type.
e. To do this: at the bottom of the article in the center of the page you will
see this image  click on the image to open the careers for your
personality type, a new window will open. Whatare the careers paths
possible for your personality type? (copyand paste the careers here).
 Clergy / Religious Work
 Teachers
 Medical Doctors / Dentists
 Alternative Health Care Practitioners, i.e. Chiropractor,
Reflexologist
 Psychologists
 Psychiatrists
 Counselors and Social Workers
 Musicians and Artists
 Photographers
 Child Care / Early Childhood Development

5. Learning Style Assignment #2: Myers/Briggs (Continued)
2. Now answer the following questions:
a. Do you agree or disagree with the results – why or why not
Answer: I completely agree with my results because I am that one
person that cares about people that are close to me. And the fact that
I do believe the world we live in is hidden messages and possibilities
really names my personality.
b. Do these careers match the careers you have chosen for yourself?
Answer:Most of the careers that were listed I have thought about
such as teaching and music, however the fact that medical doctor is
on the list and I would love to be a midwife lets me know that I am
right for that career.
c. If no, will you change your career choice?
Answer:N/A
d. What can you do with this information?
Answer:With this information I know that I am choosing the right
choice in my career goal, and to stay determined.

6. Learning Style Assignment #3: True Colors:
Are you a thinker, always analyzing, like a GREEN? Do you prefer inspiring people and
building their self-esteem as a BLUE?Are you the responsible one who is always on
time and keeping everyone else on time like GOLD? Or do you thrive on entertaining
and persuading people, like an ORANGE? Take the FREE quiznow and find out what
color you are. True Colors, a personality system, has been around since 1979 when
Don Lowry modeled it as a graphical presentation of both Keirsey’s Temperament and
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The True Colors descriptions are listed at the end of
this document.
Learn how to:
Discover your unique gifts and talents
Soar with your strengths
Discover your passion
Express your heart and soul in what you do
Increase self-esteem, creating a positive, clear self-image
Become successful in spite of your fears
Do the test at the website: http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp
After you have completed the test:
1. What is dominant color (your highest score).
Answer: BLUE
NEXT: Open and read the PowerPoint Presentation that is attached to
this assignment.
2. After reading the PowerPoint Presentation: Choose a color that is different
from your dominant color and explain how you would handle the following
situations:
A. Plan a trip to Europe.
Answer: Research what part of Europe I want my family to go to.
Look up different places to go and organize day to day activities.
Make sure everyone has passports, change of currency and
everything that is needed on the trip.
B. Diffuse an argument at work with an irate co-worker.
Answer: Sit down with the co-worker, and let them explain what
they feel is the problem. Then ask and suggest ways to help out
with the situation.

7. C. Communicate with a supervisor,whose ethnicity is differentfrom
yours,to solve a scheduling problem.
Answer: Since ―GOLD‖ value tradition ethnicity would not be a
problem. Research the person ethnicity to make sure words we use
are not different meanings to theirs so there is no confusion.

8. The National Student Success Institute The National Student Success Institute
Section Three:Emotional Intelligence Activity: Tapping into Emotions
Directions: The following are examples adapted from Joshua Freedman's At the Heart
of Leadership: How to Get Results with Emotional Intelligence. He argues that we often
experience emotions in a pattern. For example, similar situations will trigger a type of
response. It will help us, he argues, if we learn to recognize the pattern and to dig
deeper to explore the reasons why we feel the way we do. Then, we should look for the
wisdom in the situation and response; in other words, we should look for a lesson to learn to
improve ourselves.
Using the following "typical" college student examples, reflect on your emotional
reaction to these types of situations and what you think the wisdom, or lesson, is in
each.
1. EMOTION: DISCOMFORT
TYPICAL SITUATION: You walk into a class for the first time and the professor
seems uninterested to teach or uninteresting in general. You suddenly get worried that
you will not enjoy this class—and you have to have it for your degree.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION:I have had a lot of classes where I felt
the teacher was uninterested in teaching the course or maybe it was just the class.
I just wrote the notes that were on the board took my book home and compared
my notes to the book text so I could understand the lesson myself.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED:I have learned that it is not always guaranteed
that a teacher will do their job correctly if they do not want to be there.
Sometimes you have to take the initiative and learn to teach yourself if you want
to succeed.

9. 2. EMOTION: ANXIETY/FEAR
TYPICAL SITUATION: You walk into class where the professor explains everything that
you are going to do this semester. He talks about a 15-page research paper, field studies,
and weekly journals. You don't even have access to a computer.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION:I seem to always have anxiety when it
comes to turning in something that has a big grade. Also with my anxiety also comes
procrastination.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED:Take a day out the week when you don’t have
anything to do and do all your weekly assignments so you don’t have to rush to the
library all the time to do your work. Stay organize, because organization lets you know
what’s coming up and you won’t have anxiety about assignments that come up.

10. 3. EMOTION: EXCITEMENT
TYPICAL SITUATION: You find out that you won a scholarship that will pay for books,
tuition, and fees when you transfer to a four-year university next semester. You can't
wait to share the good news with your family because they were having a hard time
helping support you while you were in college.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION:Every time I have a huge
accomplishment I have a family get together so everyone can know at the same
time. And it also lets me say thank you to the people that help me along the way.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED:It is always great to share great
accomplishments with the one’s you love, especially when they are behind you
all the way. And sharing your accomplishments with them also lets them know
that you appreciate them enough for you to share your excitement with them.

11. 4. EMOTION: JOY
TYPICAL SITUATION: You have taken your last final exam and will be graduating next
week in front of your family, friends, and co-workers—and a few people who thought
you wouldn't make it. You have a job ready and waiting for you in your field of study.
While the pay may not be high, it offers great opportunities for advancement. Your two
children are proud to tell everyone that their mom has a college degree, and you know
that they will be more likely to attend college because you did.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION:I would be proud that I am leading a
role that they are more likely to follow. It lets me know that I am also giving them a
better chance at life because I am able to do what I love and help them; in one
day; help them pay for college and watch them walk down and accept their degree
just as they saw myself do.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED:Do what gives you joy. Never cut yourself short on
anything because in the long run you may give that one person hope to do the same
accomplishment that you have decided to do.