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The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of______ we make on a daily basis.
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When we choose positive beliefs, these lead to positive behaviors. Positive behaviors often lead to positive results that reinforce our positive beliefs, and the cycle begins anew. This sequence is described as the cycle of _______.
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The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of______ we make on a daily basis.
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When we choose positive beliefs, these lead to positive behaviors. Positive behaviors often lead to positive results that reinforce our positive beliefs, and the cycle begins anew. This sequence is described as the cycle of _______.
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A time-tested tool for designing the life you want to lead is a ________, a written record of your thoughts and feelings about your past, present, and future.
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People who are strong in the eight qualities shown in the On Course self-assessment tend to make wiser choices at forks in the road than do people who are weak in these qualities. TRUE FALSE
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Five suggestions to help you create a meaningful journal are (1) be spontaneous; (2) write for yourself; (3) be honest; (4) be creative; and (5) ________.
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To excel as a learner, you need to create as many strong neural networks (connections) in your brain as possible. TRUE FALSE
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In order to create strong neural networks (connections) in your brain, you've got to __________ the learning process.
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Brain research reveals that when you connect what you are learning now to previously stored information (e.g., already formed neural networks), you learn the information or skill more slowly
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The human brain learns best when learning efforts are done in...
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The four components of the CORE Learning System are Collect, Organize, Rehearse, and
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The soft skills you'll learn in On Course are ideal for succeeding in both college and your career.
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Soft skills may be the skills that determine whether you will keep a job or lose it. TRUE FALSE
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According to the SCANS report, hard skills are enough to help you get the job of your dreams and
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About what percent of workers today are in jobs that did not exist a few decades ago?
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Self-esteem is the reputation we have with others. TRUE FALSE
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Self-esteem is strengthened by increased self-acceptance. TRUE FALSE
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Accepting our weaknesses means ________.
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Successful people are usually willing to ________.
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We are born with a certain level of self-esteem, and it remains that way throughout our life.
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The college catalog, available in the Registrar's office, is your best source of information about your
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Your college course load is determined by your GPA at the end of the semester. TRUE FALSE
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The course syllabus given to you by your instructor is a contract for that class. TRUE FALSE
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As you prepare to cross the border into college, you can use resources to assist you with your
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You are taking 15 credit hours in the spring semester at your college. Last semester, you successfully completed nine credit hours with two "C's" and a "B." However, you stopped
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When people create the best life possible given their circumstances, they are acting as ________.
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When people allow life to happen to them, they are acting as ________.
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When we respond to a stimulus as a Creator we are most likely to ___________.
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When we respond to a stimulus as a Victim, we are most likely to _______.
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The key ingredient of personal responsibility is choice. TRUE FALSE
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"I failed because my instructor is terrible" is something that would probably be said by your Inner
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"I'm so stupid, it's no surprise I failed math" is something that would probably be said by your Inner
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When you hear Ownership and an Action Plan, you know you are talking to a Victim. TRUE
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"I was late because I chose to sleep thirty minutes later this morning" is something that would
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"I don't think I'm smart enough to make it in college" is something that would probably be said by
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What we will experience in five or ten years is greatly affected by the choices we make from here on. TRUE FALSE
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Your Inner Defender will be of great help as you take the first step of the Wise-Choice Process, which is objectively identifying "What's my situation?" TRUE FALSE
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In Step 4 of the Wise-Choice Process, the ideal is to come up with how many possible choices?
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If you can't predict the outcome of one of your possible choices, you should stop and gather more
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After implementing your plan, the final step of the Wise-Choice Process is to evaluate the success of
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As long as I believe my career success belongs to someone else (like "lousy" bosses), I'm being a
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Creators know that the foundation of success at work (as in college) is accepting this truth: By our
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Victims usually don't explore their career options thoroughly or match career requirements with their
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What are the advantages of being a Creator in the workplace?
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Taking responsibility for your work life means _________________________.
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According to psychologist Albert Ellis, the following formula explains why people respond
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"I'm stupid" is a typical comment made by an Inner ________.
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"He's stupid" is a typical comment made by an Inner ________.
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Disputing irrational beliefs is best done by the ________.
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Being able to dispute irrational beliefs will help your self-esteem to grow. TRUE FALSE
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Reading is one of the most important ways of Collecting knowledge; Collecting knowledge is the
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Active reading is characterized by intense mental engagement that leads to significant neural activity
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When reading actively, the most significant information in the reading is in the Supporting Details.
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Good readers don't read words; they read ideas, and ideas are found in chunks (groups of words).
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Effective highlighting will result in 40 to 50% of a paragraph being marked for review. TRUE
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In two major surveys, college and university educators identified lack of ____________ as the
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In the formula V x E = Motivation, the letter E stands for ________.
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According to recent U.S. Census Bureau data, how much more do Americans with a four-year
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A "life role" is an activity to which we regularly devote large amounts of ______ and energy.
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The DAPPS Rule is an acronym, a memory device to assist us in remembering the five qualities of
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The five letters in DAPPS stand for Dated, Achievable, Personal, Positive, and ________. [Capitalize
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Which of the following is the most effective goal, according to the DAPPS Rule?
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A _________ is an unbending intention, a single-mindedness of purpose that promises to overcome
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When it comes to accomplishing goals and dreams, commitment creates _________.
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Because of his commitment to return to Hawaii to visit his new girl friend, the author earned money
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Cathy Turner used visualizations to help her win two Olympic gold medals in speed skating. TRUE
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Which of the following is NOT a key to effective visualizing?
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Designing my career path has nothing to do with writing goals. TRUE FALSE
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A motivating career goal need not have the DAPPS qualities. TRUE FALSE
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Once you have begun your career, you ____________________________________.
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A personal ________ is a statement about ourselves in which we claim our desired qualities as if we
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If your affirmation seems like a lie, remind yourself that when you say your affirmation, you are
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In the pursuit of a 4-year degree, students spend nearly 400 hours in a formal classroom. TRUE
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The goal of taking notes is to get down "everything that the instructor says." TRUE FALSE
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Victims allow wandering thoughts to sabotage their learning. TRUE FALSE
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In a study by Kiewra, it was found that lecture notes taken by first-year students contain, on average,
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When taking notes in the class of a speed-talker, what can you do to be a speed-note-taker?
