CLC Exam 1 Questions & Answers(RATED A+)

Our sense of identity is merely the product of our background, with little capability of changing over a lifetime - ANSWER False Wants are selfish desires and temptations to avoid if we are to discover our true calling - ANSWER false What people are telling you about yourself, is the most important determinant regarding who you are and whom you should become - ANSWER false Power for Christians is essentially good and productive - ANSWER true To be fully alive is basically the same as the Buddhist concept of mindfulness - ANSWER true The bulk of our learning occurs through formal education - ANSWER false Leisure is essentially a wasteful use of time, distracting persons from activity - ANSWER false Independence is a synonym for autonomy - ANSWER false Problems and conflicts are actually opportunities for creativity - ANSWER true According to the author of Let your Life Speak, "darkness" in one's life is a bad sign that one has failed having lost the way - ANSWER false The seed of authentic vocation is - ANSWER One's true self, the same as the times of one's birth The meanings of the 2 characters in the Chinese word for crisis are - ANSWER Danger and opportunity According to the legend of buddha the "Middle Path" - ANSWER Was the precise divide between luxury and poverty In the Legend of the Buddha, Siddhartha threshold marking his transition into the stage of transformation was called - ANSWER "The Great going forth" The ancient Chinese sage Lao-tzu saw leisure time as - ANSWER A time of emptiness with much creative potential The eleven developmental tasks during the transition from adolescence to adulthood include all of the following - ANSWER Developing a sense of identity Integrating sexuality into one's life Growing in autonomy Tips to foster creativity include all of the following - ANSWER Give your intuition and imagination room to function, in a quiet unhurried space Set aside a creative place and time Set and keep deadlines for yourself Steve Jobs and ALbert Einstein had all of the following in common - ANSWER A creative mind Was not successful in own college studies Created an invention that had a transformative influence in the world In regard to our identity we can control - ANSWER Our response to the cosmic, genetic, cultural and circumstantial influences A healthy ability to shape one's own life and actions - ANSWER Autonomy According to Erik Erikson, this "time out" is essential for adolescents to find themselves - ANSWER Moratorium The process of the development of the self, achieved by resolving the conflicts arising at life's transitional stages. - ANSWER Individuation Being fully alive, living in the present moment is experienced in this practice - ANSWER Mindfullness The undeveloped "promise" that is within each person - ANSWER Potential Time that is not filled up with work or other duties - ANSWER Leisure The unique combination of one's personality traits, abilities, strengths, weaknesses and values - ANSWER Identity An inherited personal ability or aptitude - ANSWER Talent The drive to bring something new into being - ANSWER Creativity The capability for giving and taking in relationships; trusting both oneself and others - ANSWER Interdependence Johari Window - ANSWER open - public self Hidden also known as private self