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Positive Thinking
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 18 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 tendency to expect the best possible outcome
Depression
Optomism
Pessimism
Vicious cycle
2. A distorted - self-destructive idea or assumption that interferes with your thinking
Irrational belief
Pessimism
Worry
Judgementalism
3. An illness characterized by profound feelings of sadness - hopelessness - and helplessness
Negative thinking
Vicious cycle
Depression
Worry
4. Focusing on the flaws and problems in yourself - other people - and the world around you
Worry
Negative thinking
Attitude
Personalizing
5. Drawing broad negative conclusions based on limited evidence
Overgeneralizing
Complaint
Vicious cycle
Dispute
6. A belief or opinion that predisposes you to act in a certain way
Irrational belief
Self-defeating attitude
Catastrophizing
Attitude
7. Dramatically exaggerating the negative consequences of any minor event
Optomism
Catastrophizing
Cognitive distortion
Vicious cycle
8. The tendency to expect teh worst possible outcome
Worry
Self-defeating attitude
Pessimism
Cognitive distortion
9. The aharing of distress - discomfort - or worry with another person
Vicious cycle
Irrational belief
Positive thinking
Complaint
10. An approach to coping with negative thoughts and feelings disputing irrational beliefs
ABCDE method
Cognitive distortion
Irrational belief
Overgeneralizing
11. The habit of condemning people or things because they are not the way you think they should be
Judgementalism
ABCDE method
Irrational belief
Depression
12. To confront irrational beliefs with the reality of the situation
Attitude
Irrational belief
Dispute
Cognitive distortion
13. A chain of events in which one negative event causes another negative event
Personalizing
Complaint
Pessimism
Vicious cycle
14. Focusing on what is good about yourself - other people - and the world around you
Pessimism
Positive thinking
Irrational belief
Negative thinking
15. A negative attitude about yourself that dooms you to failure
Complaint
Self-defeating attitude
Worry
Pessimism
16. Assuming that everything has to do with you somehow
Self-defeating attitude
Negative thinking
Personalizing
Irrational belief
17. A self-critical pattern of thought
Vicious cycle
Depression
Cognitive distortion
Self-defeating attitude
18. Distress and anxiety caused by contemplating worst-case scenarios
Negative thinking
Attitude
Worry
Overgeneralizing