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PSY 110 Wk 1 Discussion – Ingredients for Success
Discussion Topic
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.
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In this first week of PSY/110: Psychology of Learning, we explore personal fulfillment and what success looks like for you. We also take a close look at the role of self-awareness and how to leverage that awareness to keep moving toward your goals. This week’s readings cover the elements for success, benefits of self-awareness, and methods for examining your own personal strengths.
Reflect
Take a moment to consider your own strengths and how they relate to your personal goals.
Act (due Thursday)
Before you draft your response to this discussion, be sure to read through the Week 1 materials.
Respond to all of the following questions in a minimum of 175 words:
- Consider the elements for success from Ch. 1 of this week’s reading and think about how you define your own success. Which of the elements of success do you feel most comfortable with? Share an example of how you put that element to work. Which of the elements is the most challenging for you and why?
- One element for success is self-awareness. Self-awareness is the process of reflecting on your strengths, weaknesses, personality traits, behaviors, feelings, thoughts, values, beliefs, etc. It is really getting to know yourself. Why do you think self-awareness is important? How can becoming more self-aware help you reach your goals?
Reply (due Monday)
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
PSY 110 Wk 2 Discussion – Self-Perception
Discussion Topic
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.
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Self-image is how you see and think about yourself—your skills, abilities, successes, failures, etc. Self-esteem is how much you value or respect yourself, including your self-image. Self-acceptance is acknowledging and accepting what is true about you.
Reflect
Consider whether you see yourself in a positive light (self-image). Do you value and respect yourself (self-esteem)? Do you accept the person you are (self-acceptance)? Are you satisfied with the way you see, value, and accept yourself?
Act (due Thursday)
Before you draft your response to this discussion, be sure to read through the Week 2 materials.
Respond to all of the following questions in a minimum of 175 words:
- Who or what inspires you to be the best version of yourself? How and why are you inspired?
- If you were asked today to rate your attitude towards your education on a scale of 1–10, what would it be? What factors influence that rating?
- When you are faced with a challenge, how might your attitude affect how you respond to the problem or approach a solution? If your attitude is preventing you from successfully overcoming a setback, what actions might you take to improve or change your attitude and embrace success?
Reply (due Monday)
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
PSY 110 Wk 3 Discussion – Staying on Track
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be sure to meet minimum word count requirements for every response (as stated below).
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In Wk 2, we examined items that can prevent you from reaching your goals and discussed how to avoid procrastination and set priorities. This week, we explore how to set goals, as well as strategies for staying on track to achieve those goals. Your readings will cover SMART goal setting, overcoming obstacles, and stress management.
Reflect:
Consider your own goals and the obstacles or stressors that you may face.
Act (due Thursday):
Before you draft your response to this discussion, be sure to read through the Wk 3 materials.
Respond to all of the following questions in a minimum of 175 words:
- How would you describe the benefits of creating SMART goals to a recent high school graduate who is about to start college?
- How does the SMART model for goal setting incorporate checking and monitoring goal progress? What are some other ways you could check goal progress to stay on track?
- One obstacle to achieving our goals is stress. What are some of your current stressors? What strategies or coping skills can you use to address that source of stress?
Reply (due Monday)
In a minimum of 75 words, post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
PSY 110 Wk 4 Discussion – Problem Solving and Stress
Discussion Topic
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.
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Each day we encounter challenges big and small. Some problems have easy solutions; others take more time and effort to solve. While there can be other sources of stress, problems are often a primary source. Finding ways to relieve some of that stress as we work to solve problems can be beneficial to our mental and physical health.
Reflect
Think about the things in your life that cause you stress and some of the challenges or problems you want to overcome.
Act (due Thursday)
Before you draft your response to this discussion, be sure to read through the Week 4 materials.
Respond to all of the following questions in a minimum of 175 words:
- Creating a system to effectively solve problems can help you out in many ways. What are some benefits you would like to see in your own life as you begin to apply the 4-step problem-solving process you read about this week?
- What are some symptoms you recognize in yourself when you are stressed? How might you be able to reduce and work through stress?
- What are some implications of stress in your personal and professional life? How might reducing stress affect goal setting and goal achievement? Can stress be positive? Why or why not?
Reply (due Monday)
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
PSY 110 Wk 5 Discussion – Keeping Your Momentum
Discussion Topic
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.
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Take a moment and congratulate yourself—you are in the final week of class!
Over the last 5 weeks, you reflected on what success looks like for yourself, considered how to best manage your time, practiced setting attainable goals, and learned about the importance of self-esteem and positive thinking. In our final week, we examine motivation and self-discipline. Motivation helps drive us toward our goals while self-discipline can keep us on track.
Reflect
Consider what motivates you and how you make decisions that either drive you toward or push you away from your goals.
Act (due Thursday)
Before you draft your response to this discussion, be sure to read through the Week 5 materials.
Respond to all of the following in a minimum of 175 words
- Visualization is a powerful tool to have in your motivation toolbox. For this week’s My Vision Board and Reflection Worksheet assignment, you will take time to visualize your goals, not just the outcome, but each step to get there. Do you see a relationship between the process and practice of visualizing and maintaining motivation? Explain how you perceive the relationship or lack of it.
- Self-discipline is taking personal responsibility of your willingness and desire to finish tasks and reach your goals. The readings discussed several ways to increase your level of self-discipline. Which of the strategies discussed this week do you think you will use to increase your level of self-discipline in your life? Share a bit about why you think those strategies will work best for you.
Reply (due Monday)
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.