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Unit 1: Becoming A Better Student Flashcards

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Category A:Procrastionation

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  • 3 strategies to help
  • reward system: boring stuff first fun later
  • Premack Principle:train brain to tolerate unpleasant tasks and then do fun
  • small dose
  • “one min miracle”: list long term goals and put it somewhere to see everyday
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Category B: learn to study

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  • concept wheel
  • visualization
  • word detective
  • interference
  • retrieval cues
  • semantic vs episodic
  • 3 things to study
  • primacy vs decency effects
  • distributed practice vs massed practice
  • TOTP
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Concept wheel

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-make a wheel and spokes describe term

Category B

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Visualization

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-visualize word sound and meaning

Category B

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Word detective

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-pick apart words to figure out meaning

Category B

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Interference

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-triggers on memory

Category B

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Retrieval cues

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-highlight tech terms

Category B

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Semantic vs episodic

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Semantic
-facts and general info
-same answer for everyone
Episodic
-narrative,autobiographical,personal(stories)
-unique to you
Category B
-LTM
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3 things to study

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Technical term
Definition
Example
Category B

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Primacy and decency effects

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-first and last things said will stick rather than the middle
Category B

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Distributed practice 😁

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-study a little everyday
Better: get the big picture and more sections,active rehearsal, memory consolidation
Category B

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Massed practice 😞

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-study/cram night before

Bad:only get one chunk that can be remembered

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TOTP(tip of the tongue phenomena)

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-have a little piece of info but can’t quite get to it
-trust it
Category B

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Category C: distractibility

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  • multitasking:can’t do it
  • intrinsic vs extrinsic
  • autotelia:person who does not get bored because they make things happen
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Intrinsic vs extrinsic

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Intrinsic
-care about for its own sake
Extrinsic
-don’t really care about it, but need it

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Category D: time manegment

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-covey matrix
Urgent ➡️important= I
Urgent➡️unimportant= III
Not urgent➡️important=II
Not urgent➡️unimportant=IV
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Category E:Emotional

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-self talk management: plan strategy
-attributions: what do I say when I fail?
Build a latter vs digging a pit

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Category F: medical issues

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-lack of sleep or food

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Category G:help

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-many people don’t ask for help

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