PSY 114 Assignment 2
Assignment 2: Principles of Success Plan: The First Three Principles (Milestone 2

How would you advise a person to succeed in accomplishing personal, career, or learning goals based on what you’ve learned about attention, spaced repetition, and habit formation? Based on the information presented on selective attention, spaced repetition, and habit formation (located in chapters 4-7 of the webtext), summarize each concept and identify one principle of success for each concept related to accomplishing learning, career, or personal goals. In addition, explain how you have experienced each of these principles working in your life or how you plan to apply them to meeting your own personal or career goals.

Milestone 2 should be two to four (2-4) pages in length and should include the following:

1. One principle of success related to the concept of selective attention.

a. State one principle of success related to selective attention in one sentence.

b. Summarize the concept of selective attention and explain its relationship to learning. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences

c. Explain how you have personally seen this principle of success work in your own learning or how you plan to put it into action in accomplishing your future learning goals. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences

2. One principle of success related to the concept of spaced repetition (or the spacing effect).

a. State one principle of success related to spaced repetition in one sentence.

b. Summarize the concept of spaced repetition and explain its relationship to learning. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences

c. Explain how you have personally seen this principle of success work in your own learning or how you plan to put it into action in accomplishing your future learning goals. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences

3. One principle of success related to the concept of habit formation.

a. State one principle of success related to habit formation in one sentence.

b. Summarize the concept of habit formation and explain its significance for meeting goals. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences

c. Explain how you have personally seen this principle of success work in meeting your own goals or how you plan to put it into action. – One paragraph of 3-5 sentences