User:S.emp/Week 7, tutoral 3

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=Week 7, Tutorial 3=

Sadly this week I was still sick and unable to go to the tutorial. I finally went to the doctor and found out why I had been feeling sick for weeks, I have a chest infection and I am on the verge of getting pneumonia. So I had to do the turorial by myself again.

In regards to what motivates a person to go to university I came up with a few reasons
 * career prospects
 * thirst of knowlegde
 * family pressure/expectations
 * More time to explore who you are and what you want to do before you go out into the 'big bad' World.

Sadly I was unable to do the surveys as the link says 'page not found'.

In my opinion learned helplessness is when a person learns from past experiences that life's outcomes are uncontrollable. While learned optimism is when a person learns from past experiences to expect the best outcomes in life as they are controllable. Learned optimism is done by consciously challenging any negative talk that one may have.

When I did the Learned Optimism test (Seligman, 1991), my score said that I was average. I always try to see the good in people and I always try to help others, however, I do tend to blame myself when something goes wrong.