Deck 3: Life Skills

Question 1

The opening story, "Teaching What Really Matters," is about:

A) the need for assessment skills in the classroom.
B) the need for a well-planned, sequential curriculum.
C) helping students live up to their learning potential.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Research has shown that skill-based health education has been effective at:

A) delaying the onset of use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
B) improving academic performance.
C) Both A and B

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following are helpful steps for teaching a life skill?

A) Discuss it, demonstrate it, assign it.
B) Sell it, explain it, demonstrate it, rehearse it, apply it.
C) Lecture with visuals, apply it, evaluate it.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

California's Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility:

A) was effective at raising students' academic performance.
B) fostered a generation that wants to be praised and is self-focused.
C) Both A and B

Question 5

The best predictor for achieving success is:

A) self-control.
B) self-esteem.
C) self-actualization.

Question 6

Teachers can best nurture self-esteem in their students by:

A) frequently complimenting them on their performance.
B) having them rehearse self-affirming phrases.
C) maintaining high academic and behavioral expectations.

Question 7

Our self-worth is best understood when we:

A) are "other" rather than "self" focused.
B) recognize our personal development.
C) are aware of our talents and abilities.

Question 8

Teaching values and character in school today is:

A) difficult because so many groups in society have opposing values.
B) achieved by focusing on knowing the good, desiring the good, and doing the good.
C) done by using values clarification exercises where students identify their values.

Question 9

Which of the following stories exemplifies the Pygmalion effect?

A) Christopher Reeve, the paralyzed "superman"
B) Eliza Doolittle, the flower girl with a professor
C) Victor Frankl, a concentration camp survivor

Question 10

The key to self-evaluation is:

A) comparing our strengths, weaknesses, and habits to others.
B) clearly defining our ideal-self.
C) the ability to take a nonemotive third-person view of ourselves.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of an effective "I" message?

A) "I get so angry when you don't listen to me."
B) "I felt like you didn't care about me when you didn't pick me up."
C) "I think you were being insensitive when you said that."

Question 12

A person who is in the habit of holding back his or her true feelings is using which communication style?

A) Passive
B) Inclusive
C) Assertive

Question 13

People who like to seek compromises typically communicate with a(n) _______ communication style.

A) assertive
B) passive
C) aggressive

Question 14

In the relationship bank account analogy, we need to try to:

A) not make too many "withdrawals."
B) keep all of our accounts equally balanced.
C) make lots of different kinds of deposits.

Question 15

When setting academic goals:

A) students need to be involved in setting them.
B) it is important to set them high, much higher than past performance.
C) Both A and B

Question 16

Proactive individuals:

A) recognize that people are controlled by genetic and environmental forces.
B) are value driven.
C) Both A and B

Question 17

Willpower can be "bulked" like a muscle through:

A) meditation.
B) practicing opening doors with our nondominant hand.
C) Both A and B

Question 18

The most difficult part of problem solving is:

A) focusing on the problem instead of the reality.
B) identifying possible solutions.
C) identifying possible resources.

Question 19

People who are in the habit of suppressing their anger:

A) demonstrate healthy self-control.
B) are at risk for developing migraines, hypertension, and cancer.
C) effectively resolve conflicts.

Question 20

The most important of all protective factors for youth is:

A) having a strong relationship with a competent, caring prosocial adult.
B) being required to be helpful while growing up.
C) being able to ask for help for themselves.

Question 21

Texting today makes it difficult for youth to carry on face-to-face conversations.

Question 22

The intimate relationship stage is reserved for those who pair off to be with each other people exclusively.

Question 23

You can help students develop resilience by praising their accomplishments rather than their efforts.

Question 24

Asset development is a movement that focuses on combining life skills with family and community resources.

Question 25

Why does the World Health Organization advocate teaching life skills?

Question 26

Identify the five steps involved in teaching a life skill.

Question 27

Identify and explain the three sides of the social mirror. Explain its irregular shape:

Question 28

What is the best predictor of success in life?

Question 29

Explain the difference between conditional and unconditional self-worth.

Question 30

To help students build full, healthy ideal-selves, teachers can share their _______ with them.

Question 31

What are two fundamental values necessary for any society to exist?

Question 32

What things do schools need to do to comprehensively address character education?

Question 33

Finish this Pygmalion poem, "I am not what I think I am, I am not what you think, I am _______."

Question 34

Explain what teachers can do to improve their students' self-evaluation skills.

Question 35

Identify three key communication skills teachers can teach students.

Question 36

Identify the five steps of the goal-setting process.

Question 37

Identify two people in the text who exemplified proactive behavior.

Question 38

Identify the six problem-solving steps.

Question 39

What concepts do teachers need to include when teaching decision making?

Question 40

Identify what teachers can help their students understand and do to better manage a conflict.