Ch. 2 (1300)
You're considering sociology as your major. You've looked through the course catalog and learned that there is a sociology major available at your school. Examining the course catalog is an example of?
A short term goal.
Some people procrastinate to?
Avoid confronting their limitations.
Which is NOT a way to reduce stress levels?
Avoiding time with friends.
The quote from the study skills library at California Polytechnic Statue University states that "the procrastinator" believes he/she can complete a task at the last minute easily. This can lead to?
Counterproductive behavior that reinforces procrastination.
Short-term goals are steps that help you?
Create day-to-day activities that help to implement your long-term goals.
Which of the following are common sources of values?
Friends and family.
Your personal mission is best described as what type of goal for your life?
Longest- term goal.
An effective way to determine long-term goals is to?
Look at what you want out of your career and life over the next decade.
Once you set a goal, which of the following is likely to help you to achieve it?
Make the goal specific and realistic.
People tend to procrastinate because they are?
Perfectionists, afraid of their limitations, not sure what to do next. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
When prioritizing your tasks to be completed in a day, you should always?
Schedule lower priority items around your top priority items as they fit.
Values play an important part in achieving goals because they help you?
Understand what you want out of life, build "rules" for life, find people who inspire you. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Which of the following strategies will NOT help you cope with stress?
Waiting until the last minute to complete a task.
When courses are offered at various times, which factor is NOT a time- management consideration in course scheduling?
Who else will be in the class.
A planner is designed to?
help you schedule and remember events and commitments.