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Psychology- Success
Self-Discipline & Positive Thinking
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/22/2011

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Self-Determination
Definition
Determining the path your life travels
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Self-Discipline
Definition
Process of teaching yourself to do what is neccesarry in order to achieve your goals
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Persistance

 

 

Definition
Ability to move on despite obstacles and barriers
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Responsibility
Definition
Being able to make independant, proactive decisions and accepting the consequences of them
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Impulse
Definition
Sudden plan or feeling that can lead to an unplanned or unwise action
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Consequences
Definition
Logical effects of an action
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Habit
Definition
A behavior that has become automatic through repitition
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Critical Thinking
Definition
Active, Self-reflective thinking
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Precision
Definition
Exactness
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Accuracy
Definition
Factual truth
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Logic
Definition
Process of reasoning correctly and drawing the correct conclusions from the facts
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Decision
Definition
A reasoned choice among several options, or possible courses of action
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Mistake
Definition
Anything done in the past that you wish you had done differently
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Decision-Making Process
Definition
A logical series of steps to identify and evaluate options and to arrive at a good choice
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Decision-Making Process

STEPS

Definition

Step 1: Define the decision

Step 2: List possible options

Step3: Gather info on consequences  of each opinion

Step 4: Compare the consequences to your values & goals

Step 5: Choose a possible option

Step 6: Act

Step 7: Evaluate & modify if necessary

 

Term
Framing Effect
Definition
The decision making bias that results from the way a decision, question, or problem is worded
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Uncertainty
Definition
Not knowing the consequences of a decision
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Regret
Definition
Feeling that you wish you had decided something differently
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Postive Thinking
Definition
Focusing on what is good
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Optimism
Definition
Tendancy to expect the best possible outcome
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Attitude
Definition
Belief or opinion that influences behavior
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Negative Thinking
Definition
Focusing on problems and flaws
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Pessimism
Definition
Tendency to expect negative outcomes
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Judgmentalism
Definition
habit of condeming others because they are not the way you think they should be
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Complaint
Definition
Sharing of distress, discomfort, or worry with another person
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Worry
Definition
Distress of anxiety caused by contemplating the worst possble outcome
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Depression
Definition
Psychological disorder characterized by feeling sadness, helplessness, and hopelessness
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Self-defeating attitude
Definition
Negative attitude toward yourself that may depict you as a failure
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Vicious cycle
Definition
A chain of negative events or a negative effect causing another negative effect
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Cognitive Distortion
Definition
Self-critical, illogical pattern of thought
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Overgeneralizing
Definition
Making a broad negative conclusion based on limited evidence
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Personalizing
Definition
Assuming that everything has to do with you somehow
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Catastrophing
Definition
Exaggerating the negative consequences of any minor event
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Irrational Belief
Definition
Distorted, self-destructive idea or assumptionthat interferes with your thinking
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ABCDE Method
Definition
An approach to coping with negative thoughts and feelings by disputing irrational beliefs
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Disupute
Definition
To confront irrational beliefs with the reality of the situation
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