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