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