Chapter 14, Part 1
Make a Life Change (5 points)
The Stages of Change Model outlines the five steps to making behavioral changes. Think about a change you would like to make in one of your behaviors (such as smoking, swearing, working out more, losing your temper, drinking, etc.) and identify the specific things you will need to accomplish to make this change according to the Stages of Change Model. Write the behavior below and then walk through the steps discussed in the chapter for the strategies for succeeding.
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Part 2
Goals Chart and Motivation Essay (5 points)
After completing the previous section for the Stages of Change model, think about your motivation for the change you want to make. In what ways are you motivated? Are you intrinsically motivated, extrinsically motivated, or both?
Goal-setting is an important skill to learn in order to accomplish the change you want to make. Often, breaking seemingly insurmountable goals down into small “doable” parts is a good way to start. Setting short-term, achievable goals allows you to experience the emotional payoff of small successes along the way to self-change. People who have specific strategies, or implementation intentions, for dealing with the challenges of making a life change are more successful and more motivated to continue efforts toward achieving their goals.
Complete the Goals worksheet below and then write an essay at the end of the Goals worksheet to describe how you are motivated toward achieving your goals, and what implementation intentions you can use to stay motivated.
Pick a short-term goal and break it down into specific steps needed to achieve that goal.
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What steps will you need to take to achieve your goal? |
Time Needed Weeks/Days/Hours? |
Target Date For Completion |
Motivation essay (at least 200 words):
Part 3
Stress Detective (5 points)
Take one day and become a stress detective. Monitor your stress for one day and each time you notice that you are feeling stressed, examine what is going on at that moment. Identify what the stressful event is or what stressful thoughts you are having. How are you appraising the event, or the thoughts you are having? How might you change your perceptions of the event or the thoughts to help decrease your stress? Then write an essay of at least 200 words explaining how self-efficacy, motivation, and/or religious faith (if applicable for you) work with decreasing stress.
Topic 8 Activities
Chapter 14, Activity 1, 2 points
General Adaptation Syndrome
The General Adaptation Syndrome: what are the three stages and how does each one work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Chapter 14, Activity 2, 10 points (5 points for each part, with a total of 150 words for both answers together).
Understanding How Stress Affects Your Body
Watch this video first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?-0 and explain how stress affects our bodies.
Long Term Effects of Stress on Your Body
Watch this video next: https://www.youtube.com/watch? and explain what prolonged, constant, and unrelenting stress does to the body.
Chapter 14, Activity 3 (3 points for at least 50 words)
Now, for Stress-Relief Techniques:
Do you use any of the techniques described in the video? Which ones? What are some other things you do to relieve stress?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?-pn80s-c
Chapter 14, Activity 4, 10 points (5 points for each part, with a total of 150 words for both answers together).
Type A vs. Type B
Watch the video, and explain the concept covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Then take the test. Do you agree or disagree with your results? Why or why not?
http://personality-testing.info/tests/AB.php
