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ABC's of Psychology - Affect How you present yourself (Facial Expression), doesn't truly express how you think/feel, outside cover, feel/ have certain emotions Feeling, emotion, mood Behavior Habits, daily/weekend, what everyone else should see, visible to others, observed, act/behave a certain way towards a topic The observable or measurable activity Cognition the thought process, knowing what's going on around you, belief/knowledge of a subject The process involved in knowing (to think) Psychology as a discipline - Studies the relationship between the brain with its function, and the environment with behavior Fixed Mindset - The belief that intelligence is static Characteristics of Fixed Mindset - Avoids challenges, give up easily, see effort as fruitless or worthless, ignores useful negative feedback, feels threatened by success of others. In result, people with growth mindsets plateau early and achieve less than their full potential. Growth Mindset - The belief that intelligence can be developed Characteristics of Growth Mindset - Desire to learn, tendency to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, see effort as the path of mastery, learn from criticism, and finds lessons and inspiration in the success of others. As a result, they reach even higher levels of achievement.Do learning styles exist? -People more strongly identify with different learning styles, but there is no scientific evidence that supports that there are truly fundamental differences in the way people learn. Worst ways to study - Highlighting, underlining, rereading, summarizing, cramming the night before Best ways to study - Spreading out information over time and learning a little bit each day is the best way to train your brain to hold and use information. Testing Effect - The most effective way to study in order to retain information for long periods of time is by testing yourself. Testing trains your brain to access stored information in the same format as you would on an exam. What can you do to have a healthy brain? - Eat healthy, get regular exercise, and get enough sleep Sleep effect on learning - Sleep is important for forming memories. Learning information before going to sleep will help you form more memories than you otherwise would of if you learned information earlier in the day. Sleep deprivation can have negative effects on mental performance and muscle control. Exercise effect on learning - Exercises benefits mental performance by providing short-term oxygen boosts to the brain as well as maintaining healthy and efficient blood supply to the brain, improving mental performance and learning capacity