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