GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 10300 827 Professor Kathy Carroll
Assignment # 1
Topic: STRESS, RESILIENCE and YOU
For this assignment please view the following 2 YouTube Ted Talk videos:
VIDEO # 1
How to Make Stress Your Friend/ Kelly McGonigal
There are several versions, please view the one that is 14 minutes and 29 seconds.
VIDEO # 2
3 Secrets of Resilient People /Lucy Hone
This is a written assignment, based on these videos For this assignment, reflect on stress and resilience in the lives of these presenters as well as in your life. In a thoughtful, well-written 3-4-page (double spaced, 12 pt. font, approximately 1000 words) paper please respond to the following:
● Identify and describe 2 areas of major stress in your life at this time. How do these impact you? Discuss the physical, psychological, social impacts.
● Identify 2 concepts in these presentations that were new to you and that you found interesting and discuss why.
● What are the 3 secrets of resilient people?
● How can you apply these secrets to help you better manage the stress in your life?
● How do you see resilience in the life of our class guest presenter, Samantha?
● Our presenter discussed protective factors and there is a handout on Blackboard about them. What are your protective factors relative to stress? Which ones can you improve upon?
● How do these presentations cause you to think differently about stress and resilience in your life? (Be specific)
