Test Bank For Reaching Your Potential: Personal and Professional Development
Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1—THE POWER OF SELF-BELIEF
TRUE/FALSE
1. Wealth is the foundation of success.
ANS: F PTS: 1
2. If you change your beliefs, you will change your behavior.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. Self-belief is a byproduct of success.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. Values are instinctive or inborn.
ANS: F PTS: 1
5. Self-fulfilling prophecies are not always negative.
ANS: T PTS: 1
COMPLETION
6. Successful people are willing to do whatever it takes to reach their ____________________.
ANS: potential
PTS: 1
7. "I" statements, the present tense, and enthusiasm are all characteristics of positive
____________________.
ANS: self-talk
PTS: 1
8. In the United States, ____________________ is often equated with fame or wealth.
ANS: success
PTS: 1
9. Your ____________________ are influenced by family, friends, religion, school, and culture.
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ANS: values
PTS: 1
10. Confidence in and respect for your own abilities is called ____________________.
ANS: self-belief
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
11. A University of Chicago study found that the most important factor in success is:
a. talent
b. status
c. commitment
d. obedience
ANS: C PTS: 1
12. Which of the following is an example of positive self-talk?
a. "I have the willpower to change my eating habits."
b. "Ben is lucky. He can eat all he wants and not gain weight."
c. "I always gain weight no matter what I eat."
d. "I stuck to my new diet only for a few days."
ANS: A PTS: 1
13. Which of the following is the best definition of success?
a. achieving one very important goal
b. making lots of money
c. engaging in an ongoing process to achieve your potential
d. becoming famous
ANS: C PTS: 1
14. Your values are indicated by all of the following except:
a. what you think
b. how you feel
c. how you act
d. whom you know
ANS: D PTS: 1
15. Successful people:
a. focus on the past
b. have a clear sense of what they want from life
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c. see their potential as narrow and fixed
d. know that success must be achieved early in life if it is to be achieved at all
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. Victims:
a. resist the negative beliefs of others
b. often succeed where others fail
c. operate from a position of weakness
d. understand that negative beliefs can be enabling
ANS: C PTS: 1
17. Positive psychology focuses on:
a. mental illness
b. personal weaknesses
c. treatment
d. prevention
ANS: D PTS: 1
18. The process of building self-belief is:
a. cyclical
b. closed-ended
c. painful
d. inevitable
ANS: A PTS: 1
19. Self-fulfilling prophecies:
a. come true despite your expectations
b. come true because you believe them
c. come true if those around you believe them
d. never come true
ANS: B PTS: 1
20. The experience of Jaime Escalante's calculus class reveals:
a. the destructive power of self-fulfilling prophecies
b. what happens when people see themselves as victims
c. where values comes from
d. how people's self-belief can be affected by others
ANS: D PTS: 1
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Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2—SETTING GOALS AND MANAGING TIME
TRUE/FALSE
1. Sometimes people are afraid to achieve their goals.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. Goals should be as general as possible.
ANS: F PTS: 1
3. It's best to focus on achieving only one goal at a time.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. To overcome procrastination, it can help to do the most difficult part of a task first.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. A "to do" list is useful for long-term planning.
ANS: F PTS: 1
COMPLETION
6. The motivational technique of ____________________ involves imagining what achieving a goal
would be like.
ANS: visualization
PTS: 1
7. A(n) ____________________ is a helpful time-management tool for intermediate- and long-term
scheduling.
ANS: planner
PTS: 1
8. To set ____________________, decide which tasks are most important and should be done first.
ANS: priorities
PTS: 1
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Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1—THE POWER OF SELF-BELIEF
TRUE/FALSE
1. Wealth is the foundation of success.
ANS: F PTS: 1
2. If you change your beliefs, you will change your behavior.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. Self-belief is a byproduct of success.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. Values are instinctive or inborn.
ANS: F PTS: 1
5. Self-fulfilling prophecies are not always negative.
ANS: T PTS: 1
COMPLETION
6. Successful people are willing to do whatever it takes to reach their ____________________.
ANS: potential
PTS: 1
7. "I" statements, the present tense, and enthusiasm are all characteristics of positive
____________________.
ANS: self-talk
PTS: 1
8. In the United States, ____________________ is often equated with fame or wealth.
ANS: success
PTS: 1
9. Your ____________________ are influenced by family, friends, religion, school, and culture.
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, Test Bank For Reaching Your Potential: Personal and Professional Development
Chapter 1
ANS: values
PTS: 1
10. Confidence in and respect for your own abilities is called ____________________.
ANS: self-belief
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
11. A University of Chicago study found that the most important factor in success is:
a. talent
b. status
c. commitment
d. obedience
ANS: C PTS: 1
12. Which of the following is an example of positive self-talk?
a. "I have the willpower to change my eating habits."
b. "Ben is lucky. He can eat all he wants and not gain weight."
c. "I always gain weight no matter what I eat."
d. "I stuck to my new diet only for a few days."
ANS: A PTS: 1
13. Which of the following is the best definition of success?
a. achieving one very important goal
b. making lots of money
c. engaging in an ongoing process to achieve your potential
d. becoming famous
ANS: C PTS: 1
14. Your values are indicated by all of the following except:
a. what you think
b. how you feel
c. how you act
d. whom you know
ANS: D PTS: 1
15. Successful people:
a. focus on the past
b. have a clear sense of what they want from life
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c. see their potential as narrow and fixed
d. know that success must be achieved early in life if it is to be achieved at all
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. Victims:
a. resist the negative beliefs of others
b. often succeed where others fail
c. operate from a position of weakness
d. understand that negative beliefs can be enabling
ANS: C PTS: 1
17. Positive psychology focuses on:
a. mental illness
b. personal weaknesses
c. treatment
d. prevention
ANS: D PTS: 1
18. The process of building self-belief is:
a. cyclical
b. closed-ended
c. painful
d. inevitable
ANS: A PTS: 1
19. Self-fulfilling prophecies:
a. come true despite your expectations
b. come true because you believe them
c. come true if those around you believe them
d. never come true
ANS: B PTS: 1
20. The experience of Jaime Escalante's calculus class reveals:
a. the destructive power of self-fulfilling prophecies
b. what happens when people see themselves as victims
c. where values comes from
d. how people's self-belief can be affected by others
ANS: D PTS: 1
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, Test Bank For Reaching Your Potential: Personal and Professional Development
Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2—SETTING GOALS AND MANAGING TIME
TRUE/FALSE
1. Sometimes people are afraid to achieve their goals.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. Goals should be as general as possible.
ANS: F PTS: 1
3. It's best to focus on achieving only one goal at a time.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. To overcome procrastination, it can help to do the most difficult part of a task first.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. A "to do" list is useful for long-term planning.
ANS: F PTS: 1
COMPLETION
6. The motivational technique of ____________________ involves imagining what achieving a goal
would be like.
ANS: visualization
PTS: 1
7. A(n) ____________________ is a helpful time-management tool for intermediate- and long-term
scheduling.
ANS: planner
PTS: 1
8. To set ____________________, decide which tasks are most important and should be done first.
ANS: priorities
PTS: 1
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