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College Success Skills Vocab

Subjects : literacy, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • 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. 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.






2. A free-form of note taking that shows the same headings - main points - and supporting examples and associations - but uses a system of dashes and indenting.






3. 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






4. Learns best from their senses and feels comfortable with facts and concrete data. They like to organize information systematically.






5. Uses Roman numerals and capital letters to outline headings - main topics - and points - and supporting points are highlighted with lowercase letters and numbers.






6. 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.






7. Sensitive to the concerns and feelings of others - value harmony - and dislike creating conflict.






8. Deliberately putting off tasks.






9. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.






10. A term often used in business - but it simply means enriching yourself and your opportunities by building relationships with others.






11. A logical - rational - systematic thought process that is necessary in understanding - analyzing - and evaluating information in order to solve a problem or situation.






12. The inner drive that moves you to action.






13. 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






14. Feels more comfortable with theories - abstraction - imagination - and speculations. They respond to their intuition and rely on hunches and nonverbal perceptions.






15. Likes variety - flexibility - creativity - and innovation. They tend to be divergent thinkers because they branch out from one idea to many.






16. 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.






17. A term often used in business - but it simply means enriching yourself and your opportunities by building relationships with others.






18. Students from 18 to 25 years old - usually going from high school directly to college.






19. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






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






21. Sensitive to the concerns and feelings of others - value harmony - and dislike creating conflict.






22. The ability to understand and manage yourself and relate effectively with others.






23. A way to order and arrange thoughts and materials to help you remember information.






24. 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.






25. Time devoted to school - labs - studying - work - commuting - and other activities involving the immediate and long-term goals you have committed to accomplishing.






26. Energized and recharged by people - tending to be outgoing and social. They tend to be optimistic and are often uncomfortable being alone.






27. Energized and recharged by people - tending to be outgoing and social. They tend to be optimistic and are often uncomfortable being alone.






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.






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.






30. 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.






31. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.






32. Tends to be logical - thoughtful - loyal - exact - dedicated - steady - and organized. They like following directions and work at a steady pace. The key word for them is thinking.






33. Choosing to see a situation in a new way.






34. A logical - rational - systematic thought process that is necessary in understanding - analyzing - and evaluating information in order to solve a problem or situation.






35. Developed in the 1950s by Walter Pauk at Cornell. It is effective for integrating text and lecture notes.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Prefers flexibility and spontaneity and like to allow life to unfold.






39. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills






40. Students over the age of 25 who return to college in order to complete or further their education.






41. Prefers to rely on their hearing sense. They like tapes and music - and they prefer to listen to information - such as lectures.






42. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.






43. Deliberately putting off tasks.






44. Prefers orderly - planned - structured learning and working environments. They like control and closure.






45. Students from 18 to 25 years old - usually going from high school directly to college.






46. Professional and peer staff who review transcripts and major contracts and perform degree checks.






47. Using your imagination to see your goals clearly and to envision yourself successfully engaging in new - positive behavior.






48. Prefers to rely on their hearing sense. They like tapes and music - and they prefer to listen to information - such as lectures.






49. The inner drive that moves you to action.






50. A rule that says 80% of your results flow out of 20% of the activities.