PSY 110 Week 1 Support Systems Worksheet

This week, you will reflect on this week’s resources and your personal connection to them. This will give you practice in writing about these ideas and help you to apply these tools in different areas of your life, such as school, home, and work.

Reflect on some strategies for becoming a successful student that you learned from this week’s learning content, including the textbook, videos, and classroom discussion.

Answer the questions in the Support Systems worksheet.

Hint: The recommended Connect Activities include a self-assessment on time and stress management you might find helpful.

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Support Systems

Reflect on some strategies for becoming a successful student that you learned from this week’s chapter readings, activities, and classroom discussion.

Answer the following three questions in the boxes below. Remember: The goal is to relate the course content to your real-world experiences.

Hint: The recommended Connect Activities include a self-assessment on time and stress management you might find helpful.

1. After reading Ch. 2 of P.O.W.E.R. Learning, answer the following in 50 to 175 words: How can you use what you learned from the chapter and those activities to support your personal, academic, and work life? How will what you learned help you improve time management and decrease stress at home, work, and in school?

2. After reading Ch. 5 of P.O.W.E.R. Learning, answer the following in 50 to 175 words: Which three strategies seemed most useful to you? Why? How can you use those strategies to improve your own learning?

3. After reading Ch. 10 of P.O.W.E.R. Learning, reflect on the sections on handling stress and keeping well, and then answer the following in 50 to 175 words: What three suggestions for handling stress do you think will be most useful to you? Why? How do you think your support system can help to decrease your stress at school, home, and in the workplace?