Assignments

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Required text: Brain Luke Seaward, Managing Stress, Principles and Strategies for Health and Well being, 3rd ed., Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2002

Required: Merrily Manthey, Natural Medicine Handbook for People over 50, The Foundation for Excellence in Health Care, 1998, Kent, Post Office Box, 873, Kent, Washington

Referenced text: Jerrold Greenberg, Comprehensive Stress Management, Boston: McGraw-Hill,1999

Date Assignment Due

Lesson

Assignment and Individual. Points

Cumulative Points

1	Why am I taking the course?	5	5
2	What causes me stress?	5	10
3	How much stress makes me ill?	5	15
4	How is stress like a ghost!	5	20
5	What are stressors?	10	30
6	What is a stress journal?	10	40
7	What is stress?	20	60
8 & 9	What is the stress response?	20	80
Request the User Name and Password from your Instructor	16 Personality Factor Questionnaire	50	130
10	What is a Stress Model?	5	135
11	How do doctors treat stress?	5	140
12	What is disease?	10	150
13	What is the relationship between personality and disease?	10	160
14	What is Psychosomatic disease?	10	170
15	What are reinforcers of stress?	20	190
16 & 17	How does diet reinforce stress?	20	210
18 & 19	What is a diet journal?	20	230
20	How do drugs reinforce stress?	20	250
21,22 & 23	How is aerobic exercise related to reducing stress?	30	280
24	Do beliefs increase stress?.	20	300
25, 26,& 27	How are emotions stressful?	20	320
28, & 29	What is type" A" personality?	10	330
30	Does humor reduce stress?	10	340
31	What is a biodot?	5	345
32	What are stress reduction techniques?	5	350
33	What is "Meditation"?	10	360
34	What is the "Relaxation Response"?	10	370
35	What is "Contemplation"?	5	375
36	What is the "Bubble Technique"?	5	380
37	What is a "Mantra"?	5	385
38	What is "Autogenic" training?	5	390
39	What is "Guided Imagery"?	5	395
40	What is "Progressive Relaxation"?	5	400
41	What is "Biofeedback"?	5	405
	Final	50	455

Grading System

Percent	Points	Decimal points	Grade Equivalent

100	400	4.00	A+
93	370	3.7	A
89	340	3.4	A-
86	310	3.1	B+
83	280	2.8	B
79	240	2.4	B-
78	210	2.1	C+
73	180	1.8	C
69	140	1.4	C-
68	130	1.3	D+
66	100	1.0	D
61	70	.70	D-
60	60	.60	NC

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