Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success : A Self-management Approach

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Chapter 5 covers additional motivational strategies that can be used

to manage your emotion and effort. Often high–pressure situations

cause individuals to experience irrational and self–defeating beliefs,

pete with the students in my class”). These conditions interfere with

dled by changing the way individuals talk to themselves. The emo-

tional dimension of anxiety also can be reduced using relaxation

strategies.

and anxiety (e.g., “I can’t do it” or “I’m not good enough to com-

the motivation to learn. Fortunately, these negative beliefs can be han-