Test Bank For On Course Strategies For Creating Success In College And In Life 2nd Edition By Downing

Test Bank For On Course Strategies For Creating Success In College And In Life 2nd Edition By Downing

Chapter 2 Test—Accepting Personal Responsibility

TRUE/FALSE

1. As long as you resist your role in creating the outcomes and experiences in your life, you will fall far short of your potential.

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2. When a Creator is unhappy in the workplace, he or she is likely to blame others or their own permanent flaws for their occupational woes.

ANS: F PTS: 1

3. Creators make use of the power of wise choices; they believe that there is always an option that will lead them toward the success they want⎯in college or in the workplace.

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4. A friend says that she will call you, but she never does. Rather than phone or text her, you become angry and delete her from your social networking site with the thought, “I’ll show you.” True or false, according to Albert Ellis, your response to your friend’s behavior may be based on an irrational belief.

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5. The key concept in a reading is the broad main topic, while the main idea is the most important idea about the concept.

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6. Your goal in active reading is to Collect key concepts, important ideas, and supporting details.

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7. One way a student may increase his or her quantity of processing (which leads to deep and lasting learning) is to create a distributed reading schedule.

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8. When we review past readings, we are able to relate new learning to our prior learning and build strong neural networks.

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9. When you make notes about what you have read or summarize the material in a mind map, you are employing all elements of the CORE Learning System: Collect, Organize, Rehearse, and Evaluate.

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10. Effective highlighting will result in 40-50% of a paragraph being marked for review.

ANS: F PTS: 1