User:TaraU3187760

About Me
My name is Tara Acton, and I am currently in my third year studying a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Majoring in Forensic Studies) at the University of Canberra. This year, I am studying Motivation and Emotion. I have a passion for learning and broadening my knowledge in psychology, forensic science, and neuroscience. My areas of interest include clinical, cognitive and forensic psychology as well as neuropsychology. My overall career goal is to become a registered Clinical Psychologist and further expand my knowledge in a specialised area.

Hobbies
My hobbies include:


 * Volleyball
 * Playing with my dogs
 * Watching true crime documentaries

Book Chapter
The book chapter I am working on is Academic Resilience. This chapter endeavours to discuss what academic resilience is, why is matters and how it can be enhanced.

Social Contributions

 * 1) Added a link to an article which provides a comparison between academic buoyancy and academic resilience in the academic buoyancy book chapter
 * 2) Added a link to an article about motivation and sports practice during COVID-19 to the physical activity motivation book chapter
 * 3) Added a link to an article discussing types of narcissism and emotion regulation in the narcissism and emotion book chapter
 * 4) Added a link to a Tedtalk discussing technology addiction to the boredom and technology addiction book chapter
 * 5) Added a link to a Tedtalk discussing emotional engagement in learning to the student engagement and learning book chapter
 * 6) Made a direct edit to the brief motivational interviewing as a health intervention book chapter to ensure headings follow sentence casing
 * 7) Added a link to a past book chapter to include in 'see also' section on Indigenous Australian well-being book chapter
 * 8) Made a direct edit to fear of driving book chapter to make reference list APA appropriate
 * 9) Made a direct edit to sustainable leadership book chapter to make reference list APA appropriate
 * 10) Made a direct edit to emotional eating leadership book chapter to make reference list APA appropriate
 * 11) Made a direct edit to transgender medical transitioning motivation book chapter to make reference list more APA appropriate
 * 12) Made a direct edit to menopause and emotion book chapter to make reference list more APA appropriate