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# Medical Anthropology
## Introduction
Health and a preoccupation with maintaining it permeates all aspects of human culture. Health is a concern to humans everywhere. There is no end to the variety of ways cultures across history have treated health, healing, and medicine. Human health and well-being sit at the inte... |
# Medical Anthropology
## What Is Medical Anthropology?
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
1. Define health, illness, sickness, and the sick role.
2. Describe early research and methods in medical anthropology.
3. Explain Franz Boas’s influence in establishing th... |
# Medical Anthropology
## Ethnomedicine
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
1. Define ethnomedicine, traditional environmental knowledge, and biomedicine.
2. Provide examples of cultural and societal systems that use religion and faith to heal.
3. Define medical p... |
# Medical Anthropology
## Theories and Methods
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
1. Discuss the importance of cross-cultural comparison and cultural relativism in study of human health.
2. Explain why both objectivity and subjectivity are needed in the study of ... |
# Medical Anthropology
## Applied Medical Anthropology
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
1. Briefly explain how the biological processes of evolution and genetics impact human health and wellness.
2. Describe how human migration, social behavior, and cultural va... |
# Human-Animal Relationship
## Introduction
Take a moment to consider your relationships with animals. Where do you interact with animals? Do you encounter them on your plate, in your home, on your walks or visits to zoos and aquariums, in your vaccines and medical procedures, in your body lotion, or in the clothing ... |
# Human-Animal Relationship
## Humans and Animals
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Restate the scientific meaning of animal.
2. Describe the human-animal continuum.
3. Define multispecies ethnography.
4. Identify highlights in the domestication of dogs.
### The Human-Animal... |
# Human-Animal Relationship
## Animals and Subsistence
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Describe the role empathy plays in human-animal relations.
2. Identify some characteristics of the ways that Indigenous hunter-gatherers and nomadic pastoralists relate to animals.
3. Dis... |
# Human-Animal Relationship
## Symbolism and Meaning of Animals
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Identify totemism.
2. Identify the roles of animals in the oral traditions of many human cultures.
3. Describe the various ways animals are used in religious practices.
When we t... |
# Human-Animal Relationship
## Pet-Keeping
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Define the pet as a cultural artifact.
2. Trace the historical development of pets in Western societies.
3. Provide examples of pets in Indigenous societies.
4. Identify major behavioral and morpholo... |
# Human-Animal Relationship
## Animal Industries and the Animal Trade
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Describe the evolution of zoos.
2. Recognize the benefits of ecotourism.
3. Define the use value of animals in biomedical research today.
In the past two centuries, Western... |
# Indigenous Anthropology
## Introduction
The author if this chapter, David Lewis, explains his deep connection to the material:
I, David Lewis, am the author of this chapter and a Native scholar—a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. I am a descendant of the original Santiam Kala... |
# Indigenous Anthropology
## Indigenous Peoples
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Name different terms used for Indigenous peoples and describe the history and current connotations of each.
2. Explain what is meant by the statement that Indigenous peoples have become minoriti... |
# Indigenous Anthropology
## Colonization and Anthropology
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Articulate the contributions of Vine Deloria Jr. to the critique of anthropology and the growth of Native studies and Native scholarship.
2. Define the practice of “othering” and expl... |
# Indigenous Anthropology
## Indigenous Agency and Rights
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Explain the significance of Indigenous peoples being declared “domestic dependent nations” in the United States.
2. Discuss Indigenous rights to natural resources and the degree to whi... |
# Indigenous Anthropology
## Applied and Public Anthropology and Indigenous Peoples
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Explain how tribal cultures are using anthropology to secure rights to sites of cultural significance.
2. Describe how anthropologists and Native scholars aid... |
# Anthropology on the Ground
## Introduction
In “Waddling In,” a provocative essay published in 1985, interpretive anthropologist Clifford Geertz proposed that among the various academic disciplines, anthropology was uniquely capable of leading into the future. He pointed out the fundamental changes anthropology face... |
# Anthropology on the Ground
## Our Challenging World Today
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Identify some of the most critical global challenges.
2. Define ethnosphere.
3. Analyze the importance of the ethnosphere today.
### Critical Global Challenges
Today humanity faces... |
# Anthropology on the Ground
## Why Anthropology Matters
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Explain the characteristics of anthropology that make it uniquely relevant today.
2. Describe and give an example of anthropological values.
3. Analyze the importance of anthropological... |
# Anthropology on the Ground
## What Anthropologists Can Do
### Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. Describe the primary areas where the anthropological approach is relevant.
2. Identify the ways that anthropologists are specifically trained for today’s challenges.
3. Explain how a... |
# Transitioning to College
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your ability to meet the expectations of college? These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As we are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to reflect on how ... |
# Transitioning to College
## Why College?
Questions to Consider:
1. Why are you in college?
2. What are the rewards and value of a college degree?
This chapter started with the profiles of two students, Reginald and Madison, but now we turn to who you are and why you are going to college. Starting this chapter with ... |
# Transitioning to College
## The First Year of College Will Be an Experience
Questions to Consider:
1. How will you adjust to college?
2. What are the common college experiences you will have?
### Adjustments to College Are Inevitable
College not only will expand your mind, but it may also make you a little uncomf... |
# Transitioning to College
## College Culture and Expectations
Questions to Consider:
1. What language and customs do you need to know to succeed in college?
2. What is the hidden curriculum?
3. What is your responsibility for learning in college?
4. What resources will you use to meet these expectations?
5. What are... |
# Transitioning to College
## It’s All in the Mindset
Questions to Consider:
1. What is a growth mindset, and how does it affect my learning?
2. What are performance goals versus learning goals?
In the previous sections in this chapter, you learned about the differences between high school and college and what to exp... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your time management abilities? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1—4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine how the chapter c... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Time Management in College
Questions to Consider:
1. Is time management different in college from what I am used to?
2. How different is college schoolwork from high school or on-the-job work?
You may find that time management in college is very different from anything you have ... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Procrastination: The Enemy Within
Questions to Consider:
1. Why do we procrastinate?
2. What are the effects of procrastination?
3. How can we avoid procrastination?
We all know about procrastination, the act of delaying some task that needs to be completed, because most of us h... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## How to Manage Time
Questions to Consider:
1. How can I use time-on-task estimates to improve time management?
2. What behaviors can help or hinder when it comes to managing time?
In this next section you will learn about managing time and prioritizing tasks. This is not only a v... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Prioritization
Questions to Consider:
1. Why is prioritization important?
2. What are the steps involved in prioritization?
3. How do I deal with situations where others’ priorities are not the same as my own?
4. What do I do when priorities conflict?
5. What are the best ways t... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Enhanced Strategies for Time and Task Management
Questions to Consider:
1. What strategy helps me prioritize my top tasks?
2. How do I make the best use of my time when prioritizing?
3. How do I make sure I tackle unpleasant tasks instead of putting them off?
4. What’s the best ... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How confident are you in reading actively and critically and taking good notes? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1—4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine h... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## The Learning Process
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the steps to learning something new?
2. How is the brain affected by learning?
3. What kinds of learning are expected in college?
Have you ever thought about how we learn something new? Think back on a skill you have learned. Did you... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## The Nature and Types of Reading
Questions to Consider:
1. How can distinguishing between reading types help you academically and personally?
2. How can you best prepare to read for college?
Research supports the idea that reading is good for you. Students who read at or above reading leve... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## Effective Reading Strategies
Questions to Consider:
1. What methods can you incorporate into your routine to allow adequate time for reading?
2. What are the benefits and approaches to active and critical reading?
3. Do your courses or major have specific reading requirements?
### Allowi... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## Helpful Note-Taking Strategies
Questions to Consider:
1. How can you prepare to take notes to maximize the effectiveness of the experience?
2. What are some specific strategies you can employ for better note-taking?
3. Why is annotating your notes after the note-taking session a critical ... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How confident are you in preparing for and taking tests? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1—4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine how the chapte... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Deepening Your Learning
Questions to Consider:
1. Why is deepening your learning important in college?
2. What are the steps to deepening your learning?
In the chapter that covers Reading and Note-taking, you were introduced to Bloom’s Taxonomy and its role in helping you plan y... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Memory
Questions to Consider:
1. How does working memory work, exactly?
2. How do short-term and long-term memory function?
3. What obstacles exist to remembering?
4. When and how should you memorize things?
5. In what situations is it best to memorize, and what do you memorize?... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Studying
Questions to Consider:
1. How do you prepare yourself and your environment for successful studying?
2. What study strategies will be most beneficial to you?
3. What are learning preferences and strategies and how can you leverage those to your advantage?
### Preparing ... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Test Taking
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the differences between test prep and taking the actual test?
2. How can you take a whole person approach to test taking?
3. What can you do on test day to increase your confidence and success?
4. What should you know about test anx... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Developing Metacognition
Questions to Consider:
1. What is metacognition?
2. What contributes to poor metacognition?
3. What can you do to improve your metacognition and in turn your learning?
Consider this scenario: Marcus has studied for his chemistry test by rereading the cha... |
# Building Relationships
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How confident are you in building relationships and working with others in college? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1—4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determin... |
# Building Relationships
## The Benefits of Healthy Relationships
Questions to Consider:
1. How does self-care benefit relationships?
2. Why is community so important to healthy relationships?
3. What can I do to start developing relationships?
Relationships are key to happy and healthy lives. According to Dr. Robert... |
# Building Relationships
## Building Relationships in College
Questions to Consider:
1. What role will faculty play in my college experience?
2. What other kinds of relationships do I need to develop?
provides an overview of the types of relationships you will develop in college. If you are aged 18- or 19-years old ... |
# Building Relationships
## Working in Groups
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the benefits of working in groups?
2. What can I do to work effectively in a group?
### Benefits of Working in Groups
When a professor assigns group work, most students initially cringe because they have had poor experiences collaborat... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your overall health and well-being? These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As we are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to ref... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## Creating Your Best Self
Questions to Consider:
1. What skills do you need to promote self-efficacy?
2. What strategies can you use to improve your resiliency?
You are in college to fulfill an educational, personal, or professional goal. But it is just as importa... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## Your Overall Well-Being
Questions to Consider:
1. How can I shift my mindset to change how I feel?
2. How can I understand my emotions?
Day-to-day, you most likely experience situations that either align with your values or go against them; you may undergo exper... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## The Mind-Body Connection
Questions to Consider:
1. Are there ways I can control how I react in stressful situations?
2. Is it possible to “feel” stressed in your body?
### Controlling Emotional Reactions
As you begin to understand how feelings impact your mood... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## Mental Health Basics
Question to consider:
1. What are some of the ways to tell if you are holding onto stress?
2. How do mindfulness and gratitude encourage emotional health?
### What Is Mental Health?
Mental health “includes emotional, psychological, and soc... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## The Role of Social Media on Mental Health
Questions to Consider:
1. Why do I use social media?
2. How can I balance positive and negative social media use?
3. How can I identify and improve problematic social media use?
4. What should I do if I experience cyberb... |
# Maintaining Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
## Physical Health Basics
Questions to Consider:
1. What is healthy eating?
2. Why is it important to stay hydrated?
3. How important is exercise to a healthy body?
4. Are you getting enough sleep to be healthy?
5. What are toxins, and how can they affect your heal... |
# Understanding Financial Literacy
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How financially literate are you? This survey will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As we are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to reflect on how your understanding changes over ti... |
# Understanding Financial Literacy
## Personal Financial Planning
Questions to Consider:
1. What simple steps do I take to create a financial plan?
2. How do I use financial planning in everyday life?
3. How is the financial planning process implemented for every purchase?
Honestly, practicing money management isn’t ... |
# Understanding Financial Literacy
## Savings, Expenses, and Budgeting
Questions to Consider:
1. How is the flow of money best measured?
2. How do I keep things balanced?
What is the best way to get to the Mississippi River from here? Do you know? To answer the question, even with a map app, you would need to know wh... |
# Understanding Financial Literacy
## Credit Cards
Questions to Consider:
1. How dangerous is debt?
2. What should I think about when getting and using a credit card?
3. What is the purpose of a credit score?
Yes, taking on too much debt can (and does) have disastrous effects on people’s personal finances, but if use... |
# Understanding Financial Literacy
## Paying for College
Questions to Consider:
1. What choices should you consider when taking on student debt?
2. How do you match debt to postgraduate income?
3. What types of financial aid are available?
4. How do you apply for financial aid?
5. What are the best repayment strategi... |
# Planning Your Future
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your readiness to create an academic and life plan? These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As you are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to reflect on how y... |
# Planning Your Future
## Setting Goals and Staying Motivated
Questions to Consider:
1. How do I set motivational goals?
2. What are SMART goals?
3. What’s the importance of an action plan?
4. How do I keep to my plan?
Motivation often means the difference between success and failure. That applies to school, to speci... |
# Planning Your Future
## Planning Your Degree Path
Questions to Consider:
1. What types of college degrees or certifications can I pursue?
2. What is the difference between majors and minors?
3. How do preprofessional programs differ from other majors?
4. Do some majors have special requirements beyond regular cours... |
# Planning Your Future
## Making a Plan
Questions to Consider:
1. What resources are available to help me understand my degree program requirements?
2. Who can assist me in making a plan?
3. What tools are available to help me develop and track the progress of my plan?
4. Is there anything else I can do now to plan f... |
# Planning Your Future
## Using the Career Planning Cycle
Questions to Consider:
1. What steps should I take to learn about my best opportunities?
2. What can I do to prepare for my career while in college?
3. What experiences and resources can help me in my search?
The Career Planning Cycle helps us apply some concr... |
# Exploring College
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your ability to meet the expectations of college? These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As we are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to reflect on how your un... |
# Exploring College
## Why College?
Questions to Consider:
1. Why are you in college?
2. What are the rewards and value of a college degree?
3. Why this course?
This chapter started with the profiles of two students, Reginald and Madison, but now we turn to who you are and why you are in college. Starting this chapte... |
# Exploring College
## The First Year of College Will Be an Experience
Questions to Consider:
1. How will you adjust to college?
2. What are the common college experiences you will have?
### Adjustments to College Are Inevitable
College not only will expand your mind, but it may also make you a little uncomfortable... |
# Exploring College
## College Culture and Expectations
Questions to Consider:
1. What language and customs do you need to know to succeed in college?
2. What is your responsibility for learning in college?
3. What resources will you use to meet these expectations?
4. What are the common challenges in the first year?... |
# Exploring College
## How Can This Book And This Course Help?
Questions to Consider:
1. How will you be able to develop your purpose?
2. In what ways will you be able to create strategies for your success?
3. What other resources can you use to help you succeed?
As Reginald and Madison go through their college exper... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your learning abilities? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1–4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts r... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## The Power to Learn
Questions to Consider:
1. What actually happens to me when I learn something?
2. Am I aware of different types of learning?
3. Do I approach studying or practicing differently depending on the desired outcome?
Welcome to one of the most empowering chapters in th... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## The Motivated Learner
Questions to Consider:
1. How do different types of motivation affect my learning?
2. What is resilience and grit?
3. How can I apply the Uses and Gratification Theory to make decisions about my learning?
4. How do I prevent negative bias from hindering lear... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## It's All in the Mindset
Questions to Consider:
1. What is a growth mindset, and how does it affect my learning?
2. What are performance goals versus learning goals?
In the previous sections of this chapter you have focused on a number of concepts and models about learning. One of ... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## Learning Preferences
Questions to Consider:
1. What are learning styles, and do they really work?
2. How do I take advantage of learning in a way that works for me?
3. How can I combine learning preferences and styles for better outcomes?
4. What opportunities and resources are ... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## Personality Types and Learning
Questions to Consider:
1. Is there any connection between personality types and learning?
2. Can the Myers-Briggs test be used to identify personality traits and learning styles?
3. Is there a real correlation between personality styles and learning?... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## Applying What You Know about Learning
Questions to Consider:
1. How can I apply what I now know to learning?
2. How can I make decisions about my own learning?
3. Will doing so be different from what I have experienced before?
Another useful part of being an informed learner is r... |
# The Truth About Learning Styles
## The Hidden Curriculum
Questions to Consider:
1. What is the hidden or invisible curriculum?
2. How can I work within the hidden curriculum to prevent negative results?
The hidden curriculum is a phrase used to cover a wide variety of circumstances at school that can influence lear... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your time management abilities? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1–4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine how the chapter c... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## The Benefits of Time Management
A very unfortunate but all-too-common situation in higher education is the danger students face from poor time management. Many college administrators that work directly with students are aware that a single mishap or a case of poor time managemen... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Time Management in College
Questions to Consider:
1. Is time management different in college from what I am used to?
2. How different is college schoolwork from high school work?
You may find that time management in college is very different from anything you have experienced pr... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Procrastination: The Enemy Within
Questions to Consider:
1. Why do we procrastinate?
2. What are the effects of procrastination?
3. How can we avoid procrastination?
Simply put, procrastination is the act of delaying some task that needs to be completed. It is something we all d... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## How to Manage Time
Questions to Consider:
1. How can I use time-on-task estimates to improve time management?
2. What behaviors can help or hinder when it comes to managing time?
In this next section you will learn about managing time and prioritizing tasks. This is not only a v... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Prioritization: Self-Management of What You Do and When You Do It
Questions to Consider:
1. Why is prioritization important?
2. What are the steps involved in prioritization?
3. How do I deal with situation where others’ priorities are not the same as my own?
4. What do I do whe... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Goal Setting and Motivation
Questions to Consider:
1. How do I set motivational goals?
2. What are SMART goals?
3. What’s the importance of an action plan?
4. How do I keep to my plan?
Motivation often means the difference between success and failure. That applies to school, to ... |
# Managing Your Time and Priorities
## Enhanced Strategies for Time and Task Management
Questions to Consider:
1. What strategy helps me prioritize my top tasks?
2. How do I make the best use of my time when prioritizing?
3. How do I make sure I tackle unpleasant tasks instead of putting them off?
4. What’s the best ... |
# Planning Your Academic Pathways
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about your readiness to create an academic and life plan? These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As you are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to refle... |
# Planning Your Academic Pathways
## Defining Values and Setting Goals
Questions to Consider:
1. What beliefs help shape your decision-making and goals?
2. How do you set manageable goals that will help you stay on track?
A recent high school graduate, Mateo was considering his options for the future. He knew he want... |
# Planning Your Academic Pathways
## Planning Your Degree Path
Questions to Consider:
1. What types of college degrees or certifications can I pursue?
2. What is the difference between majors and minors?
3. How do preprofessional programs differ from other majors?
4. Do some majors have special requirements beyond re... |
# Planning Your Academic Pathways
## Making a Plan
Questions to Consider:
1. What resources are available to help me understand my degree program requirements?
2. Who can assist me in making a plan?
3. What tools are available to help me develop and track the progress of my plan?
4. Is there anything else I can do no... |
# Planning Your Academic Pathways
## Managing Change and the Unexpected
Questions to Consider:
1. What happens if things don’t go according to plan?
2. How can I make adjustments to my plan if things change?
3. Is it OK to ask for planning help, and from whom?
Though we’ve discussed planning in a great degree of deta... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## Introduction
### Student Survey
These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As we are introduced to new concepts and practices, it can be informative to reflect on how your understanding changes over time. We’ll revisit these questions at th... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## The Nature and Types of Reading
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the pros and cons of online reading?
2. How can distinguishing between reading types help you academically and personally?
3. How can you best prepare to read for college?
Research supports the idea that reading is good fo... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## Effective Reading Strategies
Questions to Consider:
1. What methods can you incorporate into your routine to allow adequate time for reading?
2. What are the benefits and approaches to active reading?
3. Do your courses or major have specific reading requirements?
### Allowing Adequate T... |
# Reading and Note-Taking
## Taking Notes
Questions to Consider:
1. How can you prepare to take notes to maximize the effectiveness of the experience?
2. What are some specific strategies you can employ for better note-taking?
3. Why is annotating your notes after the note-taking session a critical step to follow?
Be... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How confident are you in preparing for and taking tests? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1–4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine how the chapte... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Memory
Questions to Consider:
1. How does working memory work, exactly?
2. What’s the difference between working and short-term memory?
3. How does long-term memory function?
4. What obstacles exist to remembering?
5. When and how should you memorize things?
In what situations i... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Studying
Questions to Consider:
1. How do you prepare yourself and your environment for successful studying?
2. What study strategies will be most beneficial to you?
3. What are learning preferences and strategies, and how can you leverage those to your advantage?
### Preparing... |
# Studying, Memory, and Test Taking
## Test Taking
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the differences between test prep and taking the actual test?
2. How can you take a whole person approach to test taking?
3. What can you do on test day to increase your confidence and success?
4. What should you know about test anx... |
# Thinking
## Introduction
### Student Survey
How do you feel about the ways you think? Take this quick survey to figure it out, ranking questions on a scale of 1–4, 1 meaning “least like me” and 4 meaning “most like me.” These questions will help you determine how the chapter concepts relate to you right now. As y... |
# Thinking
## What Thinking Means
Thinking is one of those hard-to-pinpoint aspects of life we typically don’t analyze much—like breathing or walking or sleeping. We constantly think, and becoming more attuned to how we think and what we do when we encounter new ideas is an excellent habit to pursue.
You may have rea... |
# Thinking
## Creative Thinking
Questions to Consider:
1. How can you go about generating original ideas?
2. What is the best way to approach working with unconventional ideas?
Has anyone ever told you that you have a flair for the creative? If so, celebrate! That’s a good personality trait to nurture. Creativity is ... |
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