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