Teaching Methods For General Psychology

Studying by myself in a quiet room is most effective for me. There is less distraction, and it makes me be focused on my studying. If I want to study for a Biology class, I read the textbook. But if I want to study for math I do practice problems. I also don’t bring anything that I don’t need in my studying. This will reduce the distractions, and makes me finish my studying session faster. I try to think positive when I’m studying, it allows me to study efficiently.

Creating a study plan and planning my time realistically I think could improve the effectiveness of my studying sessions. Also studying effectively I can improve on. Last week I talked about concentration and all the barriers in my life that effect my studying. I think those barriers decrease how effective my studying is. Therefore I want to go to the quiet study zone in the library at school as much as I can to hopefully get more out of my studying. In the Nurse Tim Student Success Six Pack video on test prep the speaker discussed short studying sessions to be highly effective. I tend to sit and study for hours rather than short times. Short study sessions are supposed to help to retain information better. I will try and implement short study

3. To help improve in class I concentrate more on taking notes of everything. I think taking notes helps me to understand and learn things quicker. Not only that, but it also helps me improve my grasping power and help sharpen my memory as well. Less use of a cellphone, not eating while learning, etc., helps me too.

Another great strategy I learned is that you should not study for an exam in your room. The best way to keep yourself from being frustrated or falling asleep is to keep moving. Whether is to hop from coffee shop to coffee shop every two hours in order to stay focused. Lastly, a great way to study is to do it with a group of people. However, it has to be the right people. As a student who is trying to get a good grade on an exam, the time you have before an exam should be effectively used. That means not having a study group with your closest friends because you’ll gossip all the time. It also means that you need to surround yourself with people who know the material. Sometimes it is good to help a classmate learn the material but, it cannot interfere with your own study plans. In other words, the study time has to be beneficial to everyone. Another way that you can get distracted is your cell phone. Turn off your cell phone when you study. There are extensions in google chrome that actually block distracting websites that you can go on when you

I feel like I did not have many barriers that caused me to have trouble with my study habits. I do feel like I need to take a break sooner when I am studying then to keep on studying one subject to the next. During my study times, if I keep them the same at the same place I feel like I will be able to accomplish the task, because the distraction are very few for me, and I have the house to myself when I am studying. If in this semester, I come to a block in the road of where I choose to study, then at that time I will choose another place to sit down and study. When we study, if we are truly studying as we should, we do not need to allow anything to hinder us from getting our work done. If distractions are happening, then we need to fix the problems right away so that we will not get behind in our lessons. I have found that through all of this, that what might work for me will not or may not work for someone else. You have to choose a place to study that works best for

I try to sit down and study the information for each test a couple of days prior. Yet when I tried to study I get distracted and end up being on my phone for hours instead of studying. I also tried to rewrite my notes as a study strategy but that just left me with two set of notes and an exhausted brain. I even turned to use the study strategies found in Cal Newports’s book “How to Become a Straight –A Student,” like “quiz-and-recall method.” That just caused me to be taking to myself the whole night. I find that when I ask a lot of questions in class about the topic on the current day I understand the information making it easier to connect it to information I already know so I can memorize it better. Some methods I can use to improve my test prep to study look over the notes from the previous day rather than look at it all before a test. Also I should try to get an adequate amount of sleep the day before the test to maximize my memorization ability.

Since I am transferring from a Community College to a University I know that I will need to improve my studying skills and that way that I approach assignments and my classes to make me successful at the University of Arizona. So any techniques that other want to teach me to assist in helping me change and improve my current techniques would be greatly appreciated and helpful to make me successful here at the University of Arizona and my future academic endeavors.

Breathe. Breathe in and out slowly and deeply. When you get stressed, you release adrenaline, which produces more stress and makes you panic. But by breathing slowly and deeply, you can reduce adrenaline levels, helping to center your body and clear your mind. TIP: Follow the 4-3-5 rule. Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 3 seconds, and then release for 5 seconds. Repeat ten times.

Developing their own study skills is part of finding out which skills students have already mastered and are efficient in. When students effectively develop these study skills it will help them to be able to succeed in any training session or class. Many students suffer due to the fact that they never do learn how to effectively use their study skills. Once students find out which skills they have already mastered and are efficient in they can figure out in which area they are lacking. In developing good study habits it is also best if students make a plan of action so that they can best use their time in order to reach their goals. At any time a student can alter or change their schedule if they need to, students just need to realize the importance of sticking to a plan or schedule. Being tired greatly reduces a person’s ability to study so students should never try and plan study time when they know they will be tired. If students study while tired, it will cause them to begin disliking study time. Eating is also very important for the development of good studying habits. If a student tries to study on an empty stomach they will not be able to focus on the material. Usually studying and average of one hour after eating is a good rule of thumb to follow. Students need to be aware of their study time as well, if a student studies to long they will began

This is problem since there are many distractions in my life: games, family, work, friends, boyfriend, parties, and etc. To combat this problem though I'll use the same studying method that I had developed when I was going to WSU (Weber State University). Stay focused in class, take strenuous notes on everything (Can't be too careful!), make flashcards at home and in class. Practice the flashcards with family, friends, and fellow students whenever I can. Thirdly, I have an app on my phone which is called Quizlet and with this app I can make digital flashcards that can be read back to me, I will go through the entire set of flashcards at least once a day. Most likely before I go to bed (Since I have trouble sleeping) I will also study them in the car, at work, while playing video games (during wait times, loading screens, respawn times). The great things about Quizlet is that it's on my phone and my phone is always on me, so I will essentially have my flashcards with me at all times and can practice whenever I

In the study by McDonald and Borsook (2010), thirty students (18 female, and 11 males) from an introductory psychology course were offered course credit to participate in the study. They each were assigned to a two different study conditions. Each of the students took questionnaires, including an attachment style questionnaire at the outset of the study, and each were randomly selected to a different testing scenario. Some were selected to be part of a positive social interaction, and some to a negative social interaction. The study concluded that individuals with avoidant attachment responded positively, to positive social interactions. This contradicted the belief that these individuals hold on to feelings of superiority, and shy away from

For the first date, I picked November 9, 1978. The most significant person mentioned on this date is Frank Costin. Frank Costin was the director of the introductory psychology program, and organized the first Institute on Teaching Psychology to Undergraduates. The Institute on Teaching Psychology to Undergraduates is now called the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) and was created with the idea that psychology faculty could come together to express their ideas and advice to others. Some of the things they voiced were the day to day feelings of being a professor, for example, the frustrations, challenges, problems, and joys of teaching. NITOP has been a non-profit, free-standing organization since 1998, and has allowed

I received a score of 33 out of 50 on my study skills assessment. I have a lot of room for improvement and I am not fully using my study strategies to the most potential. Currently my study habits include completing all homework assigned, studying for tests only a day or two before the assessment, and I make sure to mark any information I do not fully understand so that I can ask about it later. I take a full schedule of difficult coursework that occupies a lot of my time, stretching me thin. I find it troublesome to sit down and effectively study without becoming fidgety or frustrated. It would be beneficial to me to discover the best times and places that would give me the most out of my studying time. Another improvement would be to do weekly reviews on coursework to keep the information fresh in my mind. To keep me motivated and on track a schedule would be useful to aid in block out times to study one subject at a time. I definitely using some study skills to my advantage but there are a lot of skills that would benefit me that I haven’t quite tried.

Applying scientific method to psychology, helps to standardize the robust approach of measuring understandings of the human mind, behaviour and emotions. In order to have scientific knowledge both a theory and data are essential components so that it measures its claim rather than being a presumption. Initially a researcher will make an observation and come up with question. It is from this that a theory will be used to make predictions about future observations. After finding a specific question to answer, the researcher can then make a prediction (a hypothesis) about what the outcome maybe (Boundless,2016).This prediction is usually a statement about the relationship between two or more variables.

In regards to cognitive psychology and the ways in which we define ourselves in terms of individuals, is one of the biggest areas of interest. The area defines the process used in order to acquire, receive, retain and store the information in which is received. During childhood our memory grows, and through adulthood throughout until our middle age, where shortly after we begin to decline in productivity. Initially, when a person grows and changes, their brain begins to change and their cognitive functions worsen. One example being the way in which we appropriately word and express things, begins to decline in fluency and accuracy. (American psychological association, 2006). Studies have shown that the semantic and procedural memory declines the least, while that flashbulb memory declines the most. The amount of large declination varies due to middle age sensitivity and the lack of self-efficiency. The memory initially declines based not on the lack of storage, but merely how they retain and store that information which is being received. Naturally, this happens because the cortex shrinks, leaving a serious lack of blood flow to the brain, and triggers that loss, which is naturally all apart of the aging process. Some natural signs of normal age related memory loss can include the occasional forgetfulness of where we placed something