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College Success Skills Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
emotional intelligence
intuitive
introvert
left brain dominant
2. 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.
procrastination
professional advisor
maturity
divergent thinkers
3. The inner drive that moves you to action.
auditory learner
maturity
kinesthetic learner
motivation
4. 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.
feelers
informal outlines
professional advisor
procrastination
5. Innovative - flexible - spontaneous - creative - and idealistic. Creators are risk takers; they love drama - style - and imaginative design. They like fresh ideas and are passionate about their work. The key word for them is experience.
committed time
directors
creators
supporters
6. 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.
kinesthetic learner
extrovert
maintenance time
affirmation
7. Choosing to see a situation in a new way.
SCANS
judgers
critical thinking
reframing
8. Prefers to see information and read material - and learns most effectively with pictures - graphs - illustrations - diagrams - time lines - photos - pie charts - and visual designs.
visual learner
supporters
plagiarism
perceivers
9. Time you spend maintaining yourself. Activities such as eating - sleeping - grooming - exercising - and maintaining your home.
Cornell System of Note Taking
maintenance time
attentive listening
evaluators
10. 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.
directors
maturity
auditory learner
formal outlines
11. The inner drive that moves you to action.
evaluators
procrastination
judgers
motivation
12. Professional and peer staff who review transcripts and major contracts and perform degree checks.
creators
nontraditional student
academic advisor
evaluators
13. Developed in the 1950s by Walter Pauk at Cornell. It is effective for integrating text and lecture notes.
intuitive
auditory learner
paraphrase
Cornell System of Note Taking
14. Energized by time alone - solitude - and relfection - preferring the world of ideas and thoughts. They tend to have a small but close set of friends and are more prone to self-doubt.
attentive listening
informal outlines
introvert
reflection
15. Time you spend maintaining yourself. Activities such as eating - sleeping - grooming - exercising - and maintaining your home.
supporters
auditory learner
traditional student
maintenance time
16. 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.
Cornell System of Note Taking
auditory learner
perceivers
supporters
17. Innovative - flexible - spontaneous - creative - and idealistic. Creators are risk takers; they love drama - style - and imaginative design. They like fresh ideas and are passionate about their work. The key word for them is experience.
auditory learner
procrastination
feelers
creators
18. Using your imagination to see your goals clearly and to envision yourself successfully engaging in new - positive behavior.
visualization
emotional intelligence
note taking
Cornell System of Note Taking
19. You are fully focused with the intent on understanding the speaker. It is a consuming activity that requires physical and mental attention - energy - concentration - and discipline.
attentive listening
intuitive
mind map
sensors
20. 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
ethics
directors
supporters
right brain dominant
21. Using many different note taking styles.
thinkers
nontraditional student
visualization
Combination Note Taking System
22. 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.
attentive listening
supporters
kinesthetic learner
thinkers
23. Students over the age of 25 who return to college in order to complete or further their education.
nontraditional student
ethics
intuitive
self esteem
24. 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.
supporters
divergent thinkers
80/20 Rule
evaluators
25. A form of cheating - since it is presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.
perceivers
attentive listening
plagiarism
extrovert
26. Students over the age of 25 who return to college in order to complete or further their education.
reframing
judgers
nontraditional student
advising center
27. A center that provides general education advising and answers general questions and specific concerns about policies - procedures - graduation requirements - and deadlines.
affirmation
advising center
convergent thinkers
paraphrase
28. 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
directors
mentor
motivation
right brain dominant
29. Energized by time alone - solitude - and relfection - preferring the world of ideas and thoughts. They tend to have a small but close set of friends and are more prone to self-doubt.
advising center
introvert
evaluators
maintenance time
30. 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
left brain dominant
intuitive
academic advisor
advising center
31. Developed in the 1950s by Walter Pauk at Cornell. It is effective for integrating text and lecture notes.
mentor
Cornell System of Note Taking
networking
formal outlines
32. 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
formal outlines
SCANS
self esteem
33. Time devoted to school - labs - studying - work - commuting - and other activities involving the immediate and long-term goals you have committed to accomplishing.
analyzers
right brain dominant
committed time
visual learner
34. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
auditory learner
emotional intelligence
ethics
reframing
35. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.
networking
thinkers
judgers
perceivers
36. Also called a think link - is a visual - holistic form of note taking.
informal outlines
maintenance time
mind map
formal outlines
37. A center that provides general education advising and answers general questions and specific concerns about policies - procedures - graduation requirements - and deadlines.
reflection
supporters
advising center
traditional student
38. Usually well coordinated - likes to touch things - and learns best by doing. They like to collect samples - write out information - spend time outdoors - and relate to the material they are learning.
reflection
creators
kinesthetic learner
nontraditional student
39. A form of cheating - since it is presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own.
mentor
plagiarism
Cornell System of Note Taking
SCANS
40. RELATE. OBSERVE. REFLECT. DO. TEACH.
Combination Note Taking System
sensors
adult learning cycle
perceivers
41. 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.
perceivers
left brain dominant
learning disability
paraphrase
42. A rule that says 80% of your results flow out of 20% of the activities.
kinesthetic learner
left brain dominant
maturity
80/20 Rule
43. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.
informal outlines
emotional intelligence
adult learning cycle
networking
44. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.
perceivers
motivation
note taking
committed time
45. 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.
divergent thinkers
visualization
reframing
sensors
46. Feels more comfortable with theories - abstraction - imagination - and speculations. They respond to their intuition and rely on hunches and nonverbal perceptions.
intuitive
SCANS
informal outlines
visualization
47. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.
kinesthetic learner
committed time
nontraditional student
note taking
48. A rule that says 80% of your results flow out of 20% of the activities.
analyzers
80/20 Rule
nontraditional student
evaluators
49. Deliberately putting off tasks.
visual learner
introvert
procrastination
right brain dominant
50. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.
mind map
critical thinking
nontraditional student
emotional intelligence