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Click on the assignment to view the contents or simply scroll down. Be sure to review the Frequently Asked  Questions before beginning the lessons. 

Please note that the due dates are completion dates when assignments are due. Late assignments accrue one point per day for being late unless you send me a revised due date schedule which is approved in advance.

Required  text:  Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress, Principles and Strategies for Health and Well being, 3rd ed., Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004 or later edition.

Required: text Merrily Manthey, Natural Medicine Handbook for People over 50,  The Foundation for Excellence in Health Care, 1998,  Kent,  Post Office Box, 279, Kent, Washington

*Required text: Jerrold Greenberg, Comprehensive Stress Management ,  Boston: McGraw-Hill,  1999  or later edition.* Recommended for on-campus class only.


Date Assignment Due Lesson

Assignment   and  Individual. Points

Cumulative Points

4/1 4 1 Why am I taking the course? 5 5
4/15 2 What causes me stress? 5 10
4/16 3 How much stress makes me ill?  5 15
4/17 4 How is stress like a ghost! 5 20
4/18 5 What are stressors? 10 30
4/21 6 What is a  stress journal? 10 40
4/22 7 What is stress? 20 60
4/24 8 & 9 What is the stress response? 20 80
 Date due  to be completed  for credit is  no later than 4/25/2008 Request the User Name and   Password from your  Instructor 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire 50 130
4/28 10 What is a Stress Model?  5 135
4/29 11 How do doctors treat stress? 5 140
4/30 12 -13 What is disease? 20 150
5/2 14 What is Psychosomatic disease? 10 170
5/7 15 What are reinforcers of stress? 20 190
5/12 16 - 17 How does diet reinforce stress? 20 210
5/13 18 - 19 What is a diet journal? 20 230
5/14 20 How do drugs reinforce stress? 20 250
5/15 21,22 & 23 How is aerobic exercise related to  reducing stress? 30 280
5/16 24 Do beliefs increase stress?. 20 300
5/19 25, 26,& 27 How are emotions stressful? 20 320
5/20 28, & 29 What is type" A"  personality? 10 330
5/21 30 Does humor reduce stress? 10 340
5/22 31 What is a biodot? 5 345
5/23 32 What are stress reduction techniques? 5 350
5/28 33 What is "Meditation"? 10 360
5/29 34 What is the "Relaxation Response"? 10 370
5/30 35 What is "Contemplation"? 5 375
6/2 36 What is the "Bubble Technique"? 5 380
6/3 37 What is a "Mantra"? 10 395
6/4 38 What is "Autogenic" training? 10 405
6/5 39 What is "Guided Imagery"? 10 415
6/6 40 What is "Progressive Relaxation"? 10 425
6/9 41 What is "Biofeedback"? 10 435
6/12 Final 50 485
  Extra Credit Journal Points 60 545

Grading System Percentage Points

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 99 .99 F
       


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Instructor: Robert D. Brehm, M.A.

Office Hours:  by arrangement.

Office Building: Science Technology  Room 70

Telephone: 253-833-9111 Extension 4307, ( Fall, Winter, Spring ) Off campus office 253-852-0220

Tacoma 253-924-0180,

Greater Eastside 206-464-6133

 Fax: 206-718-2908 

Cell Phone 206-930-4197

 

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