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