SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Positive Thinking
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 18 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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 aharing of distress - discomfort - or worry with another person
Depression
Cognitive distortion
Irrational belief
Complaint
2. Dramatically exaggerating the negative consequences of any minor event
Overgeneralizing
Irrational belief
Personalizing
Catastrophizing
3. An approach to coping with negative thoughts and feelings disputing irrational beliefs
ABCDE method
Complaint
Catastrophizing
Negative thinking
4. Assuming that everything has to do with you somehow
Vicious cycle
Pessimism
Dispute
Personalizing
5. A belief or opinion that predisposes you to act in a certain way
Personalizing
Attitude
Cognitive distortion
Depression
6. The tendency to expect the best possible outcome
Optomism
Personalizing
Judgementalism
Irrational belief
7. An illness characterized by profound feelings of sadness - hopelessness - and helplessness
Judgementalism
Depression
Irrational belief
Personalizing
8. A negative attitude about yourself that dooms you to failure
Pessimism
Judgementalism
Optomism
Self-defeating attitude
9. A self-critical pattern of thought
Cognitive distortion
Catastrophizing
Pessimism
Dispute
10. The habit of condemning people or things because they are not the way you think they should be
Judgementalism
Overgeneralizing
Self-defeating attitude
Negative thinking
11. To confront irrational beliefs with the reality of the situation
Dispute
Catastrophizing
Positive thinking
Attitude
12. Drawing broad negative conclusions based on limited evidence
Overgeneralizing
Pessimism
Catastrophizing
Vicious cycle
13. Focusing on the flaws and problems in yourself - other people - and the world around you
Optomism
Worry
Negative thinking
Positive thinking
14. A distorted - self-destructive idea or assumption that interferes with your thinking
Irrational belief
Positive thinking
Cognitive distortion
Self-defeating attitude
15. The tendency to expect teh worst possible outcome
Pessimism
Depression
Personalizing
Catastrophizing
16. Focusing on what is good about yourself - other people - and the world around you
Worry
Positive thinking
Cognitive distortion
ABCDE method
17. Distress and anxiety caused by contemplating worst-case scenarios
Optomism
Attitude
Positive thinking
Worry
18. A chain of events in which one negative event causes another negative event
Irrational belief
Vicious cycle
Catastrophizing
Negative thinking