Review Notes Flashcards
SMC Requirements
1) 18
2) Not Dead
University Requirements
1) A-G completed
2) SAT/ACT
3) Good GPA
7 Benefits for getting/aiming for a high education
1) Incarceration rates lower
2) More volunteer work
3) More exercise
4) Better education for kids
5) Wearing seat belt increase
6) Obesity rates decrease
7) People smoke less cigarettes
Characteristics of a Goal
1) Self-Chosen
2) Challenging
3) Attainable
4) Measurable/Specific
5) Positive
S.C.A.M.P
Why did Kim fail Psychology 101?
Bad Choices
What are the 5 most common time wasters ?
1) TV
2) Phone
3) Computer
4) Social life
5) Sleep
Fixed Commitment
1) Set in time
2) Negative Consequences
What is the College Time Management Rule?
1X2
Social Promotion
Advancement w/o achievement
Retention
Held back (opposite of Social Promotion)
Agrarian
Relating to Agriculture
Performance Based
Grouping students by age and advancing them in lock step (having kids with same performance together)
Rural
Countryside;flat lands, farms, agriculture
Drudgery
Hard, menial, or dull work (labor)
Draconian
Excessively harsh and severe
Gaokao
Chinese College Entrance Exam
Hagwon
South Korean Private Evening School
Counterintuitive
Contrary to common sense expectation
e.g. If you want to lose weight, you have to eat a lot of pizza
Unaccredited
It does not meet the standards
Victim Mindset
Keeps people from seeing and acting on choices that could benefit you
Creator mindset
More open minded and takes action to achieve what they want
Choice
Brief critical moment of decisions available between stimulus and response
Inner critic
Blaming yourself
Inner defend
Blaming others
Inner guide
Seeking the best out of any situation
Plan
A detailed proposal for achieving something
Surface culture
Music, food, art, language, fashion, games,
Deep culture
Norms, beliefs, rules, attitude, opinions, expectations, world views
Long term & Short term goals
Differences
Concentration
Focusing your attention on what you are doing
Light concentration
Settling down to read, listen, or study; occurs within the first 5 minutes
Moderate concentration
Paying attention to what you are doing with minimum distractions
Deep concentration
Totally engrossed in work
Distraction
Self explanatory
External Distractions
Phone, people, construction, gun shots, etc.
Internal Distraction
Thinking about anything
Self-awareness
Recognizing your full range of emotions and knowing your strength and limitations
Self-regulation
Responding skillfully to strong emotions, or practicing honesty & integrity, and staying open to new ideas
Motivation
Persisting to achieve goals
Goal
The object of a person’s ambition
Empathy
Sensing other people’s emotions and taking an active interest in their concerns
Three types of concentration problems
1) Focusing at will
2) sustaining your focus
3) limiting your focus
What are 5 general techniques for note taking ?
1) Key words
2) pictures and diagrams
3) graphic signals
4) 3 x 5 cards
5) copying material from the board and from PowerPoint presentation
Levels of thinking
1) remembering
2) understanding
3) applying
4) analyzing
5) evaluating
6) creating
168
The number of hours within a week
Why take lecture notes ?
1) Promotes actively Listening
2 Written Records
Before Lecture
1) Read textbook before lecture
2) Be on time
3) Seat location
a) see better
b) hear better
c) less distractions
4) Materials
5) Eat/Sleep
During Lecture ; Actively Listen For ?
- Main Ideas
* Key points
Note Taking System
1) Cornell Notes
2) Mind Mapping
3) Outlining
After lecture
•Edit (fix) Notes
1) fill in gaps
2) clarify meaning
3) check for accuracy
How to fix your notes ?
1) Prof
2) Textbook
3) Tutor
4) Classmates
Textbook
Why read/mark textbook?
1) Promotes actively reading
2) Mark text
What are the 2 most common way to mark notes ?
1) Highlighting
2) Underlining
Before Reading Textbook
1) “Get” the book
2) Materials
3) Location
4) Time
5) Eat/Sleep
During Reading Textbook; Actively Reading for ?
1) Main Ideas
2) Key points
After Reading Textbook
1) Professor
2) Lecture
3) Tutor
4) Classmates
Exam Prep Before
1) Get information about the exam
2) Location
3) Time
4) Materials
5) Eat/Sleep
After Studying
1) Professor
2) Text/Notes
3) Tutor
4) Classmates
