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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. To attempt at making someone else look foolish.






3. Categorical thinking ('Ridged')






4. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles






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






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






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






8. Shutting down.






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






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






11. Inconsistant lifestyle.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Ommitting/not stating something.






23. Failing to admit their weaknesses and reality.






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


25. Trying to gain power by acting out.






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