BECOMING AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT

Abraham Harold Maslow

He was a psychologist who studied positive human qualities and the lives of exemplary people.

Hierarchy of Human Needs

Maslow created what theory about humans?

1954

When did Maslow established the Hierarchy of Human Needs?

Motivation and Personality

What book did Maslow express his theories in?

April 1, 1908

When was Maslow born?

June 8, 1970

When did Maslow died?

Physiological; Safety; Love/Belonging; Esteem; Self-Actualization

What are the 5 needs in Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs (in order of low to high)?

Self Actualization

A person’s motivation to reach his or her own potential.

Physiologic Care

Developing and maintaining a healthy balance between rational thoughts and emotions.

Self Discipline

Being able to do what you should and stop doing what you should not.

Nutrition; Sleep; Recreation and Exercise; Emotionality; Objectivity

What are the physiologic needs?

Nutrition

Learning is easier with a sound body, and a sound body can help produce a sound mind.

Nutritional biochemicals

keep body cells healthy and functioning, and these biochemicals come from only one source; what you eat

Sleep

Your body also requires adequate _____ which offers rest to the brain and nervous system.

sleep; adequate diet

Both _____ and an _____ are crucial to the learning process.

Recreation and Exercise

Important for both the mind and the body. The mind functions better when mental concentration alternates with periods of diversion and exercise.

Emotionality

The quality or state of a sound emotional balance.

Objectivity

The quality or state of being objective; that is, the ability to interpret a situation from an unbiased point of view rather than from your own subjective view.

Mcquade and Aikman

Who established emotional and primal stress?

Fight or flight

1st primal stress; A set of physiological changes initiated by the sympathetic nervous system to mobilize body systems in response to stress.

Increased heart rate; Arterial blood pressure; Blood glucose

What are the physiological changes initiated by the sympathetic nervous system to mobilize body systems in response to stress?

Obtaining food

2nd primal stress; A type of stress that does not initiate a fight or
flight response.

Persuasion; Bartering; Searching; Producing

Alternatives for a fight or flight response are:

Death

3rd primal stress; Inevitable

B.F. SKINNER (BURRHUS FREDERIC SKINNER)

a twentieth century educational psychologist, studied animal and human behavior.

REINFORCEMENT BEHAVIOR

the presentation of a stimulus following a response that increases the frequency of subsequent responses, whether positive to desirable events or negative to undesirable events which are reinforced in their removal; Reward and punishment; stimulus in response

Stress

A response that can occur when your behavior or that of another fails to produce the desired or expected results

Conflict

The tension that results in disagreements between incompatible needs or drives either within you or others

Role assignment

Type of Conflict that has a specific role; assigned to yourself and other people; who is the eldest and so on

Identity

Type of Conflict pertaining to work (job description); personality (what are you?)

Silber and Glim

They stated that you must trust the other person when trying to resolve conflict and you must be open and honest about your objectives, expectation,s and needs.

1981

When was the contents of managing and resolving conflict stated?

Attack; Internalize; Deny; Isolate; Manipulate; Withdraw; Confront

Steps on managing and resolving conflict

Learning

“_____ is a matter of storing information in memory and retrieving
the information when needed.”

Rote Memorization

learning word-by-word with little internalization; memorized without understanding;

Intentional memorization

deliberate pursuit of knowledge in a systematic or planned study situation.

Perception

Recognition and interpretation of sensory information

Attention

Concentration on one activity to the exclusion of others

FREDERICK BARTLETT

found that line drawing that were even vaguely familiar to
observers could be perceived and reproduced with greater
accuracy than unfamiliar patterns.

Thus the greater the amount of similar information stored in
your memory, the more accurate your perception and recall
of something new.

Create an interest in what is being said; Listen without prejudice and with an open mind; Make written notes

Ways for improving listening skills:

thinks; anticipates; evaluates

“The efficient reader _____, _____, and _____ while reading.”

Long term

Continuing storage of information

Short term

Capacity for holding small amounts of info in an active, readily available for a short period of time.

Having a mental set of remembering; Reacting actively; Refreshing your memory; Searching for meaning

According to Donald and Eleanor Laird, Techniques for efficient remembering:

Forgetting

Survival mechanism; Allows to partially but not entirely forget pain