Deck 5: Constructive Thought-Focused Strategies: Developing a Travel Mindset

Question 1

To alter destructive beliefs,an entrepreneur must:

A)identify the dysfunction and change thoughts to be more irrational
B)change thoughts,but not identify dysfunction
C)identify the dysfunction and change thoughts to be more rational
D)do nothing at all

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Elements that are likely to explain how are thinking impacts our behavior include?

A)Beliefs,behaviors,and self-talk
B)Beliefs,imagined experiences,and thought patterns
C)Beliefs,imagined experiences,and behaviors
D)Thought patterns,behaviors,and self-talk

Answer 2

B

Question 3

If you employ sappers in your self-talk,you are:

A)saying that you cause positive events
B)saying that you cause negative events
C)saying that you cause positive events and positive emotions
D)saying that you cause negative events and negative emotions

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Mental distortions can lead to:

A)personal effectivness and depression
B)ineffective thinking and depression
C)ineffective thinking and personal effectiveness
D)ineffective thinking,depression,and personal effectiveness

Question 5

If individuals use more positive and rational thoughts,they can challenge what type of beliefs?

A)Mental filters
B)Emotional reasoning
C)Should statements
D)All of the above

Question 6

If we wish to achieve effective self-leadership,we must?

A)take responsibility for what others do
B)take responsiblity for what we think
C)place the responsibilty of our actions on authority figures
D)take responsibility for what others think

Question 7

If we are invited to a social gathering and focus on the negative aspects of the positive situation,what is being impacted?

A)Physical world
B)Psychological world
C)Behaviors
D)All of the above

Question 8

An NBA player who pictures himself making all of his free throws is engaging in:

A)Self-talk
B)rehearsal
C)mental practice
D)constructive thoughts

Question 9

What is destructive self-talk that prevents you from achieving your goals and feeling good about yourself?

A)Behaviors
B)Sappers
C)Thoughts
D)Criticizers

Question 10

The successful completion of an event being imagined before even competing an event is:

A)rehearsal
B)mental practice
C)self-talk
D)constructive thoughts

Question 11

We create our own psychological worlds by:

A)selecting what enters our mind and what shape it takes after it does
B)not selecting what enters our mind,but what shape the items take
C)not selecting what enters our mind or what shape the items take
D)selecting what enters our mind,but not what shape it takes

Question 12

Self-leadership can do which of the following?

A)Increase understanding of our psychological world but not how we deal with it
B)Not impact our psychological world
C)Decrease understanding of psychological world and how we deal with it
D)Increase understanding of our psychological world and how we deal with it

Question 13

The content from our psychological worlds:

A)determines how we behave,but not the nature of the physical world
B)determines how we behave,which in turn determines the nature of the physical world
C)determines the nature of the physical world,but not how we behave
D)doesn't determine the nature of how we behave or the nature of the physical world

Question 14

Self-talk that individuals should want to engage in to be more effective at various items in their life should be?

A)motivating,supporting,and negative
B)demotivating and negative
C)motivating,positive,and unsupporting
D)motivating,positive,and supporting

Question 15

As Serena Williams sings a song in her head to help her stay focused during matches,she is engaging in:

A)positive self-talk
B)distractions
C)negative self-talk
D)imagined experiences

Question 16

We change what by understanding our psychological worlds?

A)our psychological world,our experiences,but not our behaviors
B)our psychological world,our behaviors,but not our experiences
C)our psychological world,our behaviors,and our experiences
D)our behaviors and experiences,but not our psychological world

Question 17

If an individual only thinks in black and white (either total perfection or total failure),they are engaging in:

A)overgeneralization
B)mental filter
C)extreme thinking
D)emotional reasoning

Question 18

If individuals are drawing negative conclusions regarding situations despite a lack of concrete evidence to support the conclusions,they are:

A)fortune telling
B)labeling and mislabeling
C)mind reading
D)disqualifying the positive

Question 19

The Little Blue Engine chugging and going I think I can,I think I can is an example of:

A)imagined experiences
B)positive self-talk
C)behaviors
D)thought patterns

Question 20

Which of the following are categories of dysfunctional thinking?

A)Extreme thinking and lack of generalization
B)Extreme thinking,emotional reasoning,and would statements
C)Mental filters and should statements
D)Labeling and moderate thinking

Question 21

Describe how the story of the Little Blue Engine exemplifies what positive self-talk is? What is the main focus of self-talk (changing what about an individual's thoughts and replacing what)?

Question 22

Negative self-talk involves demotivating concepts,while positive self-talk is motivating and unsupporting.

Question 23

Engaging in positive self-talk,challenging beliefs,and mental practice can lead to a reduction in:

A)opportunity,but not obstacle thinking
B)obstacle,but not opportunity thinking
C)opportunity and obstacle thinking
D)neither opportunity nor obstacle thinking

Question 24

A pattern of thoughts that focuses on the possibilities of a situation is:

A)opportunity thinking
B)obstacle thinking
C)habitual thinking
D)planned thinking

Question 25

The first and last steps of successful mental practicing involve closing your eyes.

Question 26

Sappers are types of self-talk that reduce energy,self-confidence,and happiness.

Question 27

Engaging in positive self-talk,challenging beliefs,and mental practice can lead to:

A)opportunity,but not obstacle thinking
B)obstacle,but not opportunity thinking
C)opportunity and obstacle thinking
D)neither opportunity nor obstacle thinking

Question 28

The first step for practicing successful mental practice is:

A)focusing on the challenging situation
B)relaxing,concentrating,and focusing
C)mentally rehearsing
D)closing your eyes

Question 29

Which of the following is not a step in the process of successful mental practice?

A)Closing your eyes
B)Staying concentrated,relaxed and focused
C)Mentally rehearsing
D)Physical practicing

Question 30

What are dysfunctional beliefs and assumptions and why is the removal of these critical for the effective self-leader? How can having positive and rational beliefs shape the actions and effectiveness of an individual?

Question 31

Our self-talk,beliefs,and imagined experiences all influence one another in our thought patterns.

Question 32

The final step for practicing successful mental practice is:

A)mentally rehearsing
B)talking positively to yourself
C)focusing on a challenge
D)open your eyes and praising yourself

Question 33

How does each individual have their own unique psychological world? How do the senses impact what an individual focuses on,thinks about,and allows entering their mind? How does the psychological world that the individual creates impact the behaviors of that individual?

Question 34

Individuals have the potential to engage in:

A)opportunity,but not obstacle thinking
B)obstacle,but not opportunity thinking
C)opportunity and obstacle thinking
D)neither opportunity nor obstacle thinking

Question 35

Disqualifying the positive,mental filters,overgeneralizations,and fortune telling are all forms of dysfunctional thinking.

Question 36

If individuals engage in thinking with more secure actions and lesser payoffs,they are engaging in:

A)opportunity thinking
B)obstacle thinking
C)habitual thinking
D)negative thinking

Question 37

The use of mental practice can be for:

A)individuals in sports,but not school
B)individuals in school,but not the workforce
C)individuals in the workforce and sports
D)individuals in school,the workforce,and sports

Question 38

Thought patterns involve:

A)our beliefs and our imagined experiences,but not self-talk
B)self-talk,beliefs,and behaviors
C)self talk,imagined experiences,and actual experiences
D)self talk,beliefs,and imagined experiences

Question 39

Our psychological worlds have an impact on the physical world.

Question 40

By making choices regarding what we focus on and what we think about,we inevitably make choices that shape our psychological worlds.

Question 41

What are the specific steps of the mental practice technique and what the benefits of each of these techniques?

Question 42

What is the difference between opportunity and obstacle thinking? Which of these approaches to thinking more aligns with the principles of self-leadership and why? Building on this,how can self-leadership be used to create a habitual thinking pattern?