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