Problems College Students Face and Ways They Solve Them
Please read the following chapters/sections in your text:
Chapter 7: “Thinking and Intelligence”
Section 7.1 – What is Cognition? through Section 7.5 – Measures of Intelligence
Chapter 8: “Memory”
Section 8.1 – How Memory Functions
Section 8.4 – Ways to Enhance Memory
Think about typical problems that college students face and ways in which they go about solving them. Consider ways that you stimulate intelligence, use emotional intelligence, and study effectively.
Please respond to the following:
Describe a common type of problem that a college student has to solve. What types of bias can influence people's decisions?
Discuss what helps stimulate intelligence in your environment and how emotional intelligence impacts your life.
Explain a study technique that you have found to be particularly effective. How is it similar to or different from the strategies discussed in the text?
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College students struggle to balance academic and personal obligations. Accordingly, students can struggle to manage their time between classes, jobs, clubs, and friends. According to Spielman, Jenkins, and Lovett (2020), confirmation bias can influence decision-making in such circumstances, causing individuals to give undue weight to tasks that align with their preexisting beliefs or preferences, often at the expense of more pressing matters. Furthermore, students can also misprioritize tasks due to the availability heuristic, which bases decisions on readily available information or recent experiences. Thus, understanding the role of these biases in one's decision-making and academic performance is crucial for college students.
In addition, intelligent minds can be stimulated in the classroom by reading widely, having open discussions, and solving challenging problems. Considerably, debates, analytical discussions, and problem-based learning can stimulate intellectual growth (Liu et al., 2020). Additionally, emotional intelligence dramatically impacts a person's personal and professional life. Also, recognising, understanding, and managing emotions improve teamwork, decision-making, and problem-solving. Thus, emotional intelligence competence f...