2. What are the behaviors and
attitudes of an âAâ student?
1. List three important behaviors that
an âAâ student would have.
2. Get in a group of three students
and compare lists
3. Report
6. Lifetime Income
īŽ HIGH SCHOOL $938,850
īŽ SOME COLLEGE $990,270
īŽ ASSOCIATE $1,192,380
īŽ BACHELORS $1,715,430
īŽ MASTERS $2,105,580
īŽ PROFESSIONAL $3,629,340
(Updated 2011)
7. Yearly Income
īŽ HIGH SCHOOL $31,286
īŽ SOME COLLEGE $33,009
īŽ ASSOCIATE $39,746
īŽ BACHELORS $57,181
īŽ MASTERS $70,186
īŽ PROFESSIONAL $120,978
8. What is the Value of a College
Degree?
$1,715,430 College Graduate
$ 938,580 High School Graduate
$776,850 Value of College
Degree
19. How do you motivate
yourself?
īŽ What if you donât feel like coming to
class or doing your homework. How do
you motivate yourself to do it anyway?
īŽThink
īŽDiscuss with the person next to
you
īŽShare ideas
21. There are many ways to be
motivated. Letâs see if any are useful
to you.
īŽ Think positively about the future
īŽ Look for something interesting
īŽ Improve your concentration
īŽ Manage your external environment
īŽ Intrinsic or extrinsic motivation
īŽ Locus of control
īŽ Achievement motivation
īŽ Use a reward
26. Minimize Distractions
īŽ If you study in the kitchen, you will be
distracted by food
īŽ If you study in front of the TV, you will
be tempted to watch it
īŽ If you study in bed, it will be difficult to
say awake
27. Be Here Now
īŽ Choose where you will place your
attention
īŽ When your mind wanders, gently bring it
back. Forcing attention does not work.
35. Set up a Worry Time
īŽ Set a time each day
īŽ When worries distract you, remind
yourself of the time set aside to worry
īŽ Be here now
īŽ Keep your worry appointment
īŽ Find solutions
37. The Checkmark Technique
īŽ When you find yourself distracted, place
a checkmark on a piece of paper and
refocus your attention
īŽ With practice you will have fewer
checkmarks and distractions
38. Change Topics
īŽ You may need to study for a short
period of time and change subjects
44. Locus of Control
īŽ Where you place responsibility for
control over your life
īŽ Internal
īŽ External
45. Internal Locus of Control
īŽ Believe they are in control of their lives
īŽ Self-motivated
īŽ Learn from mistakes
īŽ Think positively
46. External Locus of Control
īŽ Others control their lives
īŽ Life is a result of luck or fate
īŽ Rely on external motivation
īŽ Look for someone to blame
īŽ Think negatively
īŽ Victims of circumstance
47. What is more likely to lead to
achievement in college?
īŽ Internal Locus of Control?
īŽ External Locus of Control?
48. Internal locus of control is
most likely to lead to success
in college.
70. Lack of sleep causes
īŽ Weight gain
īŽ Rapid aging
71. Lack of sleep causes
hallucinations. During
the Gulf War, soldiers
put coins in tree branches
thinking they were soda machines or
phone booths.
After 24 hours of simulated combat,
artillery teams lost track of where they
were and what they were firing at.
72. During the Gulf War, sleep deprived
soldiers fired on their own buddy's
tanks.
Mental performance degrades by
25% in every 24-hour sleepless period.
73. Staying up late and cramming
for a test is probably not a
good idea!
90. Food amounts based on:
īŽ Age
īŽ Gender
īŽ Level of physical activity
91. Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta
īŽ 3 or more ounces. An ounce is:
īŽ 1 slice of bread
īŽ 1 cup of cereal
īŽ One half cup of cooked rice, cereal or
pasta
92. Vegetables
īŽ One to 2 and a half cups. A cup is
equal to:
īŽ 2 cups of raw leafy vegetables
īŽ 1 cup of raw or cooked vegetables
īŽ 1 large ear of corn
īŽ 1 medium potato
93. Fruits
īŽ One to two cups recommended. A cup
is equal to:
īŽ 1 small apple
īŽ 1 large banana
īŽ 1 large orange
īŽ 1 cup of 100% juice
94. Milk, Yogurt and Cheese
īŽ 2-3 cups recommended. One cup is
equal to:
īŽ 1 and one half ounces of cheddar
cheese
īŽ 2 cups cottage cheese
īŽ 1 8 oz. container of yogurt
95. Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry
Beans, Eggs, Nuts
īŽ 2-6 ounces recommended
īŽ One quarter cup of cooked dry beans
īŽ One egg
īŽ 1 tablespoons peanut butter
īŽ One half ounce of nuts
97. Discretionary Calories
īŽ Range from 100-300 calories for most
people
īŽ Eat more of essential foods
īŽ Eat foods with higher fat or sugar
content
98. Suggestions for Healthy Food
Choices
īŽ Two thirds of the dinner plate should be
covered with fruits, vegetables, whole
grains and beans
īŽ Eat a variety of grains daily, especially
whole grains
īŽ Limit solid fats such as butter,
margarine and lard
99. Suggestions for Healthy Food
Choices
īŽ Moderate your intake of sugar
īŽ Choose and prepare foods with less salt
109. Could it be in your head? It is
how we look at the situation.
110. If you think your life is disconnected,
Your thinking may be misdirected
For living, you see,
Is as it should be
Itâs just not what you expected.
BY OLIVER, A RATIONAL
PSYCHIATRIST
119. To fight that tiger or run away
fast, the body prepares by
releasing stress hormones
īŽ Cortisol increases blood sugar and
speeds metabolism
īŽ Epinephrine supplies extra glucose
īŽ Norepinephrine speeds up your heart
rate and raises your blood pressure
142. Letâs Review.
Do these things at home on
your own:
īŽ Music
īŽ Breathing
īŽ Tensing and relaxing muscles
īŽ Imagery
īŽ Positive suggestion
143. Make it a Habit
īŽ Exercise
īŽ Stress reducing thoughts
īŽ Physical relaxation
144. Stress Management Checklist
īŽ Manage your time and organize your
things
īŽ Donât spread yourself too thin
īŽ Learn to say ânoâ
īŽ Cultivate friends
īŽ Participate in an extracurricular activity
īŽ Do something fun every day
146. Take Action to Reduce Stress
īŽ Concentrate your efforts on doing
something about the problem.
īŽ Seek information on how to solve your
problem.
īŽ Make a plan of action.
īŽ Make it a priority to solve the problem.
īŽ Do what needs to be done, one step at
a time.
147. Write 3 intention statements
about relaxation:
I Intend to . . . .
1.
2.
3.
Complete: What is Your Stress Index?
148. Success is a Habit
īŽ We establish habits by taking small
actions each day
īŽ You can establish habits for success
168. 10 Habits of Successful College Students
īŽ Attend class.
īŽ Read the textbook.
īŽ Have an educational plan.
īŽ Use college services.
īŽ Get to know the faculty.
169. 10 Habits of Successful College Students
īŽ Limit outside employment to 20 hours a
week for a full time student.
īŽ Take one step at a time.
īŽ Have a goal for the future.
īŽ Visualize your success.
īŽ Ask questions.