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Life Skills Vocab
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 ability to be truthful and fair
Being in the present
Skimming
Procrastination
Honesty
2. Not succumbing to influence from friends to do or not to do something
Ethics
Handling Peer pressure
Procrastination
Sensitivity
3. Admired or wanted as a friend
Trade offs
Diplomacy
Concern
Being Popular
4. An important indicator of maturity
Emotional Stability
Showing respect
Long term goal
Self Esteem
5. Being an active - helpful membership in a community
Goal Setting
Citizenship
Creativity
Skimming
6. Getting others to do things for you by appealing to their emotions of empathy...
Mission Statement
Stepping-stones goals
Speaking
Influencing
7. Build on your strengths - practice doing whatever it is that helps you maintain a positive...
Speaking
Influencing
Self-Image
Trade offs
8. DOing things that are helpful or healthy
Positive Action
Visualize
Self-management
Values and goals
9. Principles of good character - proper conduct - and moral judgement - expressed through personality - human relations - and professional image.
Ethics
Creativity
Long term goal
Self Esteem
10. Something you choose or make up your mind about after thinking over all possible choices
Speaking
Decisions
Emotional Stability
Tone of voice
11. A place that is comfortable - quiet - has everything that you need - and you are sitting up.
Diplomacy
When to study
Emotional Stability
Where to study
12. Put a stop to negative or _________ thoughts that can work against you.
Emotional Stability
Self-critical
Perfectionism
Consequences
13. The identifiction of long- and short-term goals.
Perfectionism
Honesty
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Goal Setting
14. Something you give up in order to get something more important
Emotional Stability
Creativity
Trade offs
Long term goal
15. Reading only the parts of a written work that outline or summarize its content
How to study
Previewing
Goal Setting
Prioritize
16. To make a list of tasks that need to be done in the order of most to least important - - if you can - do the difficult things first
Makig decisions
Emotional Stability
Decisions
Prioritize
17. The conscious act of planning your life rather than just letting things happen
Self-Image
Honesty
Game Plan
Where to study
18. Voice that makes an impression
Visualize
Tone of voice
Mission Statement
Prioritize
19. Expressing your ideas - reflection on you - with proper grammar and choice of words
Writing
Self-critical
Courage
Makig decisions
20. An interest in other people
Concern
Short term goal
Being Popular
Self Esteem
21. A combination of understanding - empathy - and acceptance
Sensitivity
How to study
Stepping-stones goals
Positive Action
22. A time when you feel most energetic and motivated.
Practice new behaviors
Active Listening
When to study
Diplomacy
23. Do not depend on other people's definition of success - you must define your own
Short term goal
Game Plan
Define Success
Previewing
24. The strength to stand up for what you know is right
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Computer skills
Courage
Self-critical
25. To be alert to what one is doing at a particular moment
Game Plan
Goal Setting
Emotional Stability
Being in the present
26. Things like active listening - that help you share feelings - thoughts - and information with others
Communication Skills
Trade offs
When to study
Self-management
27. Reading through a book or document quickly - picking out main ideas and key points
Active Listening
Skimming
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Concern
28. Outlining what you have to say or do before you get to it
Self-critical
Organizing
Responsibility
Short term goal
29. Things that you want to accomplish in one year or less
When to study
Concern
Writing
Short term goal
30. Getting the best out of oneself - knowing the difference between 'want' and 'need' and knowing the importance of time
Self Esteem
Writing
Trade offs
Self-management
31. Result of your choice
Sensitivity
Concern
Short term goal
Consequences
32. Listening and responding with full attention to whats being said
Long term goal
Being in the present
Active Listening
Previewing
33. You need to learn and practice how to speak about your ideas and plans in front of people - organize and express your thoughts - think about why would they care for your words - i.e what's in it for them?
Active Listening
Long term goal
Consequences
Speaking
34. Speak with confidence - stand tall - use good grammar. Success is a skill.
Self-critical
Practice new behaviors
Self-management
Goal Setting
35. Take small bites of the information - hilight or underline key words and phrases - quiz yourself on small sections to ensure understanding
Tone of voice
How to study
Prioritize
Goal Setting
36. The best way to approach a complicated - long-term team project
Game Plan
Stepping-stones goals
Ethics
Active Listening
37. Show us how to behave and what to aim at
Visualize
Positive Action
Stepping-stones goals
Values and goals
38. Things that you want to accomplish in over one year
Responsibility
Active Listening
Long term goal
Tone of voice
39. Using computers to communicate - create - and other essential things of modern professionbal life
Computer skills
Creativity
Goal Setting
Trade offs
40. Procrastination - perfectionism - lack of a game plan
Where to study
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Concern
Goal Setting
41. The compulsion to do things perfectly
Handling Peer pressure
When to study
Perfectionism
Tone of voice
42. You need to know the basics: addition - subtraction. You should also know fractions - decimals - and percentages - also need to know how chemical and physical reactions occur in many situations
Mathematics and science
Perfectionism
Citizenship
Makig decisions
43. To see your self working where you want to - competently handling clients - and feeling at ease and happy with your situation
Visualize
Define Success
Creativity
Citizenship
44. Subtly skillful handling of a situation - using tact
How to study
Bad habits that keep you from peak performance
Skimming
Diplomacy
45. Not doing anything harmful - unsafe - or against the law
Avoiding Negative actions
Creativity
Consequences
Being in the present
46. A statement that sets forth the values that an individual or institution lives by and that establishes future goals.
Mission Statement
Long term goal
Responsibility
Short term goal
47. Part of the Golden Rule - treat others as you want to be treated
Goal Setting
Stepping-stones goals
Showing respect
Self-management
48. The ability to be dependable - to make wise decisions - and to accept the result of your actions and decisions
Practice new behaviors
Showing respect
Responsibility
How to study
49. Based on inner strength and begins with trusting your ability to reach your goals
Previewing
Self Esteem
Sensitivity
Short term goal
50. Putting off until tomorrow what you can do today
Procrastination
Active Listening
Stepping-stones goals
Previewing