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Thinking Errors

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 26 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. Committing a lie.






2. Tries to look acceptable by not giving - or giving little information.






3. Flies in the face of all of reality (ie: the belief that we can stop our destructive behavior on our own).






4. Shifting the attention from oneself to someone/something else.






5. Inconsistant lifestyle.






6. When you lie by 'going along' with a lie.






7. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles






8. Bragging... making their paralysis seem grandious. Inflated view of yourself/and abilities.






9. When you use anger to manipulate or control other people.






10. Shutting down.






11. Categorical thinking ('Ridged')






12. Supplying an acceptable reason why a wrong behavior was acceptable (Past behavior).






13. Acting out in certain ways in order to look 'cool.' Maintaining a sense of 'being something.'






14. Shifting the attention from oneself to someone/something else.






15. Making an assumption that someone will say/do something.






16. To attempt at making someone else look foolish.






17. Failing to admit their weaknesses and reality.






18. Believing the lie that nobody can relate with us.

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19. Calling people names - mocking someone etc. for the purpose of tearing down.






20. When people make excuses for something they don't want to - or didn't do.






21. Not powerless... but act as though they are powerless.






22. When we are 'extra nice' to someone in order to get something.






23. Ommitting/not stating something.






24. Making the consequences (or behavior) smaller than they really are... downplaying.






25. Taking responsibility off oneself and putting it on someone/something else.






26. Trying to gain power by acting out.