psy115: Principles of Success Plan: Principles

 
Assignment 2: Principles of Success Plan: Principles

How will you use what you have learned about the psychology of success to accomplish the three goals you set in Assignment 1? Chapters 4-9 of the Webtext present information on the psychological concepts of selective attention, spaced repetition, habit formation, mindset, and grit. For Assignment 2, you will summarize each concept and explain how you have experienced each of these working in your life. In addition, you will choose one principle of success for each concept, and explain how you plan to apply that principle to meeting the personal or career goals you set for yourself in Assignment 1.

Assignment 2 should be 5 to 6 pages in length and should include the following:

Selective Attention

Summarize the concept of selective attention and explain how you have seen this concept in your own life in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences
Choose a principle of success related to selective attention and explain how you plan to put this principle into action to accomplish one of the goals you set in Assignment 1 in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences

Spaced Repetition (or The Spacing Effect).

Summarize the concept of spaced repetition and explain how you have seen this concept in your own life in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences
Choose a principle of success related to spaced repetition and explain how you plan to put this principle into action to accomplish on of the goals you set in Assignment 1 in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences

Habit Formation

Summarize the concept of habit formation and explain how you have seen this concept in your own life in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences
Choose a principle of success related to habit formation and explain how you plan to put this principle into action to accomplish on of the goals you set in Assignment 1 in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences

Mindset

Summarize the concept of mindset and explain how you have seen this concept in your own life in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences
Choose a principle of success related to mindset and explain how you plan to put this principle into action to accomplish on of the goals you set in Assignment 1 in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences

Grit

Summarize the concept of grit and explain how you have seen this concept in your own life in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences
Choose a principle of success related to grit and explain how you plan to put this principle into action to accomplish on of the goals you set in Assignment 1 in one paragraph of three to five (3-5) sentences

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

Typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length. [Use writing templates in the Webtext to make your cover page according to APA style guidelines.]
Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. [Use writing templates in the Webtext to make your in-text citations and automatically create your reference page according to APA style guidelines.]