Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2011/Handling stress

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Hi Ellen, Your page is looking good. The layout makes me curious, and it is well set out. It will be interesting to see how it develops as you go. I like the smiley face dice. it is a good graphic that draws you in. It looks like you have gotten the page set up, and have a plan of how to begin, and it seems to be coming along well. Jay-bird 02:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Elle, page plan looks awesome, very well structured and good theories and ideas are stated. I also like the idea of the quiz being a stress scale of some sought, very good idea. (Benk 01:03, 25 October 2011 (UTC))

Thanks for the comments - the feedback is great to know whether or not I am on track. Much appreciated :) (Psych_125

I like the stress scale idea and the layout like others said is great, you have a nice plan to work with. Looks like you may have already considered this through some of the theories you're incorporating (cognitive appraisal?), but I thought I'd mention it anyhow; It would be interesting to see how stress might be beneficial to emotion (- if it is? "good stress" vs "bad stress"). Eg) a wedding or birth may be stressful, but it is not something you would necessarily want to be non-stressful because it is an important emotional event - you would more or less want to interpret and use that stress well. You already have a really good range of theories to cover, so looking forward to reading it Jaybay 09:36, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Jaybay - that's for the feedback. I am planning on distinguishing between good and bad stress. The "technical" name of these is eustress and distress, and I have included them in my plan. It's great to hear that the eustress section will be useful, especially because I didnt want to just focus on the negatives. Cognitive appraisal is basically the process of evaluating a situation/event.. ie whether you appraise a workload as within your capacity or too big. Hope that makes sense, I will be aiming to articulate a lot better on the book chapter :) Thanks again for the feedback, it really helps Psych_125 13:57, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi, found an article you might be interesting and relevant in today's society. http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201110/material-world/how-deal-the-stress-tough-economic-times good luck :). (Benk 04:02, 29 October 2011 (UTC))

Hi Psych, thx for your comments on my page. I have changed the spacing near some of my pics and boxes to make things look a bit less cluttered. Your BC looks so neat and 'pretty' + content is interesting and well structured. I did a check of my stress levels in your quiz & fortunately came out in the 'low risk' category (apart from my hassles with Wiki formatting, Grrrr. Crazydaisy 05:20, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Elle, your page looks fantastic! Theres so much information and all very interesting. I like the different approaches to stress your including. I would love to see some studies on what stress can do, in terms of mental health etc? Just a suggestion but I think that would make your page even better! Top job :) Courtney.reis 05:33, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Elle, your page is really good, i like that your quiz isnt about answering questions from your text but a quiz on stress...great feature. Also thought it might be good to have a See also section and you could add my topic Stress and Health. Just a though :) u3032917 - 115.128.19.92WestS115.128.19.92

Hi - thanks for the encouraging comments. CrazyDaisy - I think the page looks much better after you editing, you are a pro at the wiki formatting. Congrats on your score too! Thanks for the imput Courtney. I have thought about what you said and agree that it does need some more research findings about the direct effects of stress and emotion. I think I will include that in the chapter introduction section. I will definitely be putting in hyperlinks, West S, and will gladly have one to your page. I will comment on your page later today :) Thanks again - really appreciate the help :) (Psych 125 22:07, 2 November 2011 (UTC))

Hi Elle, you've written a really interesting chapter. I escpecially like your set up and the concluding quiz shows great application. Relevant chapters that may be relevant for you to link could include stress & health and managing life change. Good work :) AngeM 23:19, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Elle, great book chapter, love the quote and quiz. Layout also looks good, I didn't see it before the editing.user:u990911 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi! The structure of the chapter is shown very well it was easy to follow along and engaging. You went into detail about emotions and stress but the research could have been focused more on them correlating rather than them being separate topics. A lot of effort has been put into this though I think its really good!:) -U3200956

Hello, what an interesting chapter - I feel like you have captured such a broad topic so meticulously and concisely. Just one thing, to enhance the readability of this page, consider pink coloured boxes as it kind of feels crowded, maybe this would make it more user-friendly.--Ishiuc (discuss • contribs) 13:30, 17 October 2023 (GMT-5)

Draft comments

I've had a quick look - here's some comments:

1. Overall - Structure, layout, scope, and style are looking good
2. Overview (or Introduction) can be combined with the Focus questions - up to you. It is good to have focus questions. What are the focus questions? (It might just be the two in the subtitle? - if so, that's fine - focus in on these). Also see example added in here for linking key terms to Wikiversity or Wikipedia resources.
3. Figure 1 - well done on getting that up - probably simplest way is just to show this in a wiki table (it is really a table rather than a figure). Or even just a numbered list.
4. Emotion control - could be worth referring to
5. Life stress test - great idea; perhaps give some more background detail about the measure; note one of the coefficients was "vacation"? It's a bit long on the page - have put it into two columns, otherwise we can use a collaspible box
6. Ways to reduce stress - e.g., it's good to see relaxation techniques suggested - but maybe more of this e.g., could add one stress reduction tip per section, based on the related theory/research discussed.
7. Add a Summary or Conclusion - relating back to focus questions
8. See also - add links to related book chapters

Sincerely, James -- Jtneill - Talk - c 00:20, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Excellent chapter - great pics with interesting information - congratulations - Magnolia

Hi James - just a note that I have done some minor editing since submission. This was mainly to clean up the captions for each of the pictures. I understand that this will not be reflected in the grade but figured I should fix it anyway. Ellen

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Overall Overall, this is a very impressive chapter. It is well-researched, structured, drafted, and presented, and clearly addresses a major, complex topic in a very readable and informed manner, with appropriate self-help info and links to further information. The suggestions that follow are relatively minor. Theory Theory is well covered, and well-integrated, with readable, practical advice. Research Research citations are used to support theory. Perhaps some studies could be described in more detail. When describing important research findings, try to indicate the size of effects rather than simply whether or not there was an effect or relationship. Written expression Written expression The chapter benefited from a more developed Introduction and Summary . The chapter clearly benefited from getting comments on a chapter plan and/or chapter draft and these were used to improve the chapter. Perhaps some paragraphs were overly long. Each paragraph should communicate one key idea in three to five sentences. Learning features Excellent use of interwiki links Impressive quiz/test Effect of use well-selected and captioned images and tables. Spelling, grammar and proofreading Avoid overuse of semi-colons Minor typos identified. APA style In-text citations and references are in excellent APA style.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:49, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is an engaging, varied, informative, high-quality presentation. Structure and content Very well-selected content which is well-organised, but is never boring. The chapter clearly highlights key points in relation to stress and emotion and what can be done about it. Communication The presentation is well-scripted (e.g., Q&A format and Virginia as a character, and author as an interviewed expert). Excellent focus on practical take-away message. Effective use of the chapter itself. Fabulously creative, but with clear purpose. Production quality Production quality is very high, with video, text overlay etc.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:26, 11 December 2011 (UTC)