Psychology Career and Development
Topic:
What study strategies do you find most effective for you? What are some strategies that you have used in the past that are actually not useful? What potential obstacles do you anticipate in studying effectively? What are some tools you can use to overcome those obstacles? What are some specific steps you can take if you find that you are doing poorly in a class?
Draw a circle into segments to represent your current pie of life. Each segment (or slice of the
pie) represents the different roles you play and the amount of time and energy devoted to
each. Indicate in each slice a life role you assume and the amount of time and energy you
devote to each. 2. Reflect in one or two paragraphs, how the slices of your pie represent the
different life roles they play. (a) What roles take more time and energy? (b) How do work and
home roles interact? 3. Now draw your preferred pie of life. (a) Discuss in a paragraph or two
how the two life pies compare and the (b) explain how this activity is useful for prioritizing your
time and planning your future career goals. You can either use a word processing software or you can hand-draw your pie graph.
