PSYC 2100 Lecture 1: PSYCLecture1825

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2100
• Professor: Williams Cedric

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Question 1- why learning is necessary for successful living. The world is dynamic, always changing, never static. What are the implications of a dynamic world: change creates challenges. Responses or strategies that were once effective are no longer sufficient: change creates frustration. Previous approaches to resolve issues are not effective: change creates discomfort. ** this frustration and discomfort serve as catalysts to motivate you to learn new responses so you may remove the unpleasant state. Develop new responses or modify old behaviors. Successful adaptation = successful outcomes (confidence, wellness, more options) Unsuccessful adaptation (not adapting) = walls are put up, aspects that require new adaptive responses in college: distress, frustration, apathy. Social roommate, new social networks, new friends. Each new aspect requires new responses or modification of old behaviors in. Financial budgeting order to be successful in the transition to college. What produces self-esteem is the perception that one"s own actions controlled the experience.