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College Success Skills Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
professional advisor
ethics
directors
adult learning cycle
2. Tends to be cooperative - honest - sensitive - warm - and understanding. They relate well to others. They value harmony and are informal - approachable - and tactful. The key word for them is feeling.
supporters
motivation
judgers
affirmation
3. A rule that says 80% of your results flow out of 20% of the activities.
Cornell System of Note Taking
80/20 Rule
academic advisor
self esteem
4. Left brain dominant people like routine - structure - and deadlines - and tend to be convergent thinkers because they are good at looking at several unrelated items and bringing order to them.
creators
traditional student
convergent thinkers
discretionary time
5. Uses Roman numerals and capital letters to outline headings - main topics - and points - and supporting points are highlighted with lowercase letters and numbers.
informal outlines
divergent thinkers
maturity
formal outlines
6. Prefers to see information and read material - and learns most effectively with pictures - graphs - illustrations - diagrams - time lines - photos - pie charts - and visual designs.
visualization
visual learner
SCANS
traditional student
7. Professional and peer staff who review transcripts and major contracts and perform degree checks.
evaluators
affirmation
feelers
academic advisor
8. Deliberately putting off tasks.
procrastination
feelers
visual learner
emotional intelligence
9. Prefers flexibility and spontaneity and like to allow life to unfold.
advising center
critical thinking
perceivers
left brain dominant
10. Professional and peer staff who help you in planning general education and answers many questions - helps you register - and instructs you about deadlines and other important information.
professional advisor
visual learner
learning disability
note taking
11. A center that provides general education advising and answers general questions and specific concerns about policies - procedures - graduation requirements - and deadlines.
discretionary time
advising center
Cornell System of Note Taking
informal outlines
12. How you feel about yourself.
self esteem
convergent thinkers
kinesthetic learner
procrastination
13. Prefers to see information and read material - and learns most effectively with pictures - graphs - illustrations - diagrams - time lines - photos - pie charts - and visual designs.
attentive listening
affirmation
right brain dominant
visual learner
14. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.
professional advisor
attentive listening
right brain dominant
emotional intelligence
15. Using many different note taking styles.
introvert
visualization
Combination Note Taking System
supporters
16. A center that provides general education advising and answers general questions and specific concerns about policies - procedures - graduation requirements - and deadlines.
networking
directors
advising center
mentor
17. A logical - rational - systematic thought process that is necessary in understanding - analyzing - and evaluating information in order to solve a problem or situation.
formal outlines
critical thinking
learning disability
thinkers
18. The ability to control your impulses - to think beyond the moment - and to consider how your words and actions affect yourself and others before you act.
maturity
feelers
academic advisor
formal outlines
19. Using your imagination to see your goals clearly and to envision yourself successfully engaging in new - positive behavior.
reflection
visualization
judgers
divergent thinkers
20. Sensitive to the concerns and feelings of others - value harmony - and dislike creating conflict.
adult learning cycle
feelers
SCANS
academic advisor
21. Professional and peer staff who help you in planning general education and answers many questions - helps you register - and instructs you about deadlines and other important information.
directors
Cornell System of Note Taking
professional advisor
maintenance time
22. The time that is yours to use as you please. You want to use this time for the things you value most in life. These important items include relationships with family and friends; service to the community; intellectual development; and activities that
critical thinking
auditory learner
discretionary time
paraphrase
23. The inner drive that moves you to action.
mentor
Cornell System of Note Taking
divergent thinkers
motivation
24. To restate in different words; to summarize; clarifying what you just heard - such as writing a summary of the key points and main ideas.
mentor
paraphrase
mind map
critical thinking
25. Prefers to rely on their hearing sense. They like tapes and music - and they prefer to listen to information - such as lectures.
emotional intelligence
nontraditional student
emotional intelligence
auditory learner
26. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
introvert
left brain dominant
reframing
SCANS
27. The ability to control your impulses - to think beyond the moment - and to consider how your words and actions affect yourself and others before you act.
attentive listening
advising center
extrovert
maturity
28. Right brain dominant people like variety - flexibility - creativity - and innovations - and tend to be divergent thinkers because they branch out from one idea to many.
paraphrase
divergent thinkers
perceivers
thinkers
29. Time you spend maintaining yourself. Activities such as eating - sleeping - grooming - exercising - and maintaining your home.
extrovert
mind map
maintenance time
networking
30. Students over the age of 25 who return to college in order to complete or further their education.
intuitive
thinkers
attentive listening
nontraditional student
31. Learns best from their senses and feels comfortable with facts and concrete data. They like to organize information systematically.
note taking
informal outlines
paraphrase
sensors
32. Likes to analyze problems with facts - rational logic - and analysis. They tend to be unemotional and use a systematic evaluation of data and facts for problem solving.
directors
maintenance time
thinkers
ethics
33. Likes routine - structure - and deadlines. They tend to be convergent thinkers because they are good at looking at several unrelated times and bringing them to order.
maintenance time
note taking
affirmation
left brain dominant
34. A form of cheating - since it is presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.
SCANS
plagiarism
evaluators
informal outlines
35. Positive self-talk - the internal dialogue - you carry on with yourself that counter self-defeating patterns of thought with more positive - hopeful - and realistic thoughts.
affirmation
SCANS
analyzers
extrovert
36. Using many different note taking styles.
Combination Note Taking System
advising center
discretionary time
intuitive
37. Likes routine - structure - and deadlines. They tend to be convergent thinkers because they are good at looking at several unrelated times and bringing them to order.
left brain dominant
traditional student
self esteem
perceivers
38. Energized and recharged by people - tending to be outgoing and social. They tend to be optimistic and are often uncomfortable being alone.
affirmation
self esteem
visual learner
extrovert
39. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
ethics
Combination Note Taking System
left brain dominant
feelers
40. The person at your school who will help you to navigate academic life. Your advisor will help you clarify procedures - answer other academic concerns or questions - create a major contract - and refer you to offices on campus that can best meet your
procrastination
judgers
note taking
academic advisor
41. Time devoted to school - labs - studying - work - commuting - and other activities involving the immediate and long-term goals you have committed to accomplishing.
mentor
motivation
discretionary time
committed time
42. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.
visual learner
committed time
intuitive
adult learning cycle
43. Sensitive to the concerns and feelings of others - value harmony - and dislike creating conflict.
feelers
maintenance time
right brain dominant
mentor
44. Professional and peer staff who review transcripts and major contracts and perform degree checks.
maturity
evaluators
supporters
ethics
45. A person (such as a coach - instructor - employer - or colleague) Who is a role model and who supports your goals - takes an interest in your professional and personal development - and helps you achieve - either directly through instruction or indir
adult learning cycle
professional advisor
mentor
convergent thinkers
46. An important self-management tool that means to think about something in a purposeful way - with the intention of making connections - exploring options - and creating new meaning.
reflection
traditional student
formal outlines
critical thinking
47. Dependable - self-directed - conscientious - efficient - decisive - and results-oriented. They like to be the leader of groups and respond to other people's ideas when they are logical and reasonable. Their strength is in the practical application of
maturity
critical thinking
procrastination
directors
48. Feels more comfortable with theories - abstraction - imagination - and speculations. They respond to their intuition and rely on hunches and nonverbal perceptions.
judgers
intuitive
feelers
motivation
49. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
visualization
mind map
visualization
SCANS
50. A form of cheating - since it is presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.
committed time
plagiarism
visualization
adult learning cycle