Sleep!

Most students are pretty sleepy about this time in the term.  Take this sleep hygiene test.  (note: This doesn't always seem to load in Netscape)
On what perspective (or perspectives) of the function of sleep is this test based?   How can you improve your chances of being awake and alert during your next exam? 

Test Anxiety

Take this test anxiety scale and examine your results.   (Sorry about the blatant advertising but the scale is valid.)
Katherine experiences extreme test anxiety.  She becomes physically ill before taking exams and cannot sit long enough to complete an exam.  She went to a hypnotist who taught her to hypnotize herself prior to taking exams.  With some trepidation, Katherine tried hypnotizing herself before her next midterm. She was extremely calm during the exam but failed it.  As her peer counselor, explain the Yerkes-Dodson Law to Katherine and help her find a way to manage her test anxiety without negatively affecting her performance. 

Some other interesting sites you may want to check out... 

Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada 
Do you sleep too little? Too much? Too intermittently? At inopportune times? 

Association for the Study of Dreams
This is a well designed site devoted to the professional study of dreams. 

Emotion
Visit an active Emotion Lab from Laval University. 

"Hormones and Health" from the World Wildlife Federation
Hormones are an important part of motivation. This site contains information about pollutants which contain "hormone blockers". 

Freedom From Hunger Home page
Food is a basic need. Humans become very motivated to meet this need if it remains unmet for a period of time. 

Gray Web site 
Pull down to Chapter 6 to review concepts for this topic. 

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