PSYC386 Psychology of Stress
Week 6 Discussion
Changing Your Attitude About Stress
Watch the videotaped TEDx Talk by Kelly McGonigal about stress (provided in the Week 6 content area)
Read “Turning the Knots in Your Stomach into Bows” an article about how students were able to improve their GRE scores by just changing their attitudes about stress.
Create a main post that addresses the following:
Share your impressions of the information shared in the TEDx Talk and in the research article.
Identify one volunteer opportunity you could participate in (now or in the future) to engage in helping others (which in turn will help you cope with stress). You may want to visit the Volunteer Match website: www.volunteermatch.org
Support your ideas with academic, peer-reviewed sources, such as your readings for the week and/or the sources mentioned in the instructions for this assignment.
