UTS group 5

• Learning to be a Better Student involves building mental models of the outer world through active participation, manipulation, and persistence in a complex social setting that includes people, words, cultural context, and activities.
• The nervous system plays a crucial role in body control and coordination, managing both voluntary and involuntary processes, especially during learning.
• Metacognition, or thinking about thinking, is a learning strategy that involves understanding and controlling your own performance.
• The three main approaches to studying are the Surface Approach, the Strategic Approach, and the Deep Approach.
• Self-regulated learning involves learners transforming their mental and physical abilities into task-related skills through metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral subprocesses, implemented through three cyclical phases: forethought, performance, and self-reflection.
• Problems with work or earning an income are a common cause of stress.
• Parenting can be a significant source of stress.
• Education can be a stressful experience.
• Sex and socialization can contribute to stress.
• Immigration status or language can be a source of stress.
• Personal, physical, and psychological health are factors that can contribute to stress.
• Peer pressure can be a significant source of stress.
• Social marginalization can be a cause of stress.
• According to Emile Durkheim's book "Suicide", there are three primary types of suicide: egoistic, altruistic, and anomic.
• Egoistic suicide influences the individual's behavior toward their members.
• Altruistic suicide is a type of suicide that influences the individual's behavior toward their members.
• Anomic suicide is a type of suicide that influences the individual's behavior toward their members.
• Managing your own learning: Self-regulated learning involves learners transforming their mental and physical abilities into task-related skills through metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral subprocesses, implemented through three cyclical phases: forethought, performance, and self-reflection.
• Goals give you focus, allow you to measure progress, keep you locked in and undistracted, and give you motivation.
• Albert Bandura's self-efficacy theory suggests people have faith in their ability to control life outcomes, which influences coping behavior and goal pursuit.
• Dweck's studies emphasize the importance of fixed and growth mindsets, which significantly influence actions, success, failure, and happiness.
• Stress is a physiological and psychological reaction to perceived threats, such as exams, divorce, death, moving, or job loss, causing individuals to feel overwhelmed.
• The hypothalamus activates, triggering short-term reactions like Fight or Flight, while the Hypothalamic PituitaryAdrenal system controls long-term stress through the Fight or Flight Response.
• Behavioral coping strategies are ways of dealing with stress by taking action to modify behavior.
• Some behavioral coping strategies include: Physical Exercise, Relaxation, Breathing, Smile and laughter, Time management, Social support/friends, Seeking professional help.
• Positive coping strategies for stress include Physical and Lifestyle Strategies such as Abdominal breathing and relaxation, Low stress diet (limit fast foods/fried foods), Regular exercise, Downtime (balance fun and work), Mini breaks (5 to 10 minute periods to relax during the day), Time management, Sleep hygiene (at least 6 hours), Choosing a nontoxic (nonsmoking/conflict free) environment, Material security (the basics; do you really need the designer t-shirt?).
• Emotional Strategies for coping with stress include Social support and relatedness, Self-nurturing (yes, you are worth it), Good communication, Assertiveness, Recreational activity ("playtime"), Emotional release.
• Cognitive strategies for coping with stress include Constructive thinking (ability to counter negative thinking), Distraction (ability to distract yourself from negative preoccupations), Task oriented (vs reactive) approach to problems, Acceptance (ability to accept/cope with setbacks), Tolerance for ambiguity (ability to see shades of gray).
• Philosophical/Spiritual Strategies for coping with stress include Consistent goals or purpose to work toward, Positive philosophy of life, Religious/spiritual life and commitment.
• Culture can affect stress and coping process in four ways: Cultural context shapes the kind of stressors that an individual is likely to experience, Culture may also affect the appraisal of a certain event, Culture affects an individual’s coping strategies, Culture provides different time-honored tools/mechanism by which an individual can cope with stress.
• Social stress is a mental or emotional tension resulting from difficult situations in one's social surroundings, originating from various sources.
• Our body assesses a situation's stress level based on sensory input and stored memories.