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1.01 Key Terms
Angelica
Term | Definition |
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Abilities | Skills one has developed. |
Achievement | Something that somebody has succeeded in doing, usually with effort. |
Adaptability | Capable of being modified to suit different conditions or a different purpose. |
Affirmation | An assertion of support or agreement. |
Aptitudes | A natural tendency to do something well, especially one that can be further developed. |
Attitudes | An opinion or general feeling about something. |
Bias | An unfair preference for or dislike of something. |
Change | To become different, or make something or somebody different. |
Consequences | The relation between a result and its cause. |
Defeatist attitude | Showing a tendency to expect failure or accept it too readily. |
Dependability | Able to be trusted or depended on. |
Discrimination | Unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of prejudice about race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender. |
Emotional Intelligence | Personal attributes that enable people to succeed in life, including self-awareness, empathy, self-confidence, and self-control. |
Empathy | The ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties. |
Feedback | information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc., used as a basis for improvement. |
Flexibility | Able to change or be changed according to circumstances. |
Global awareness | Relating to or happening throughout the whole world. |
Human relations | The study of the ways in which people relate to each other in group situations. |
Inferior attitude | A feeling of failure to meet a standard of quality, ability, or achievement. |
Integrity | The quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards. |
Interdependence | Unable to exist or survive without each other. |
Interest inventory | An assessment of likes and dislikes. |
Interpersonal | Concerning or involving relationships between people. |
Leadership | The ability to guide, direct, or influence people. |
Learning Styles | The manner in which one gains knowledge or skill through education. |
Loyalty | A feeling of devotion, duty, or attachment to somebody or something. |
Mature attitude | Showing the mental, emotional, or physical characteristics associated with a fully developed adult person. |
Needs | The basics one must have to live. |
Performance | The manner in which something or somebody functions, operates, or behaves. |
Personal Characteristics | Traits relating to a specific person. |
Prejudice | A preformed opinion, usually an unfavorable one, based on insufficient knowledge, irrational feelings, or inaccurate stereotypes. |
Punishment technique | A penalty that is imposed on somebody for wrongdoing. |
Respect | A feeling or attitude of admiration and deference toward somebody or something. |
Responsibility | The state, fact, or position of being accountable to somebody or for something. |
Reward technique | Something desirable given in return for what somebody has done. |
Self-concept | A complete and individual personality, especially one that somebody recognizes as his or her own and with which there is a sense of ease. |
Self-control | The ability to control your own behavior, especially in terms of reactions and impulses. |
Self-esteem | confidence in your own merit as an individual person. |
Self-observation | Awareness of one’s own personality, skills, and traits. |
Skills | The ability to do something well, usually gained through training or experience. |
Stereotype | An oversimplified standardized image of a person or group. |
Stimulus | Something that encourages an activity or a process to begin, increase, or develop. |
Strengths | A valuable or useful ability, asset, or quality. |
Superior attitude | A feeling of surpassing others in something such as intellect, achievement, or ability. |
Sympathy | The ability to enter into, understand, or share somebody else's feelings. |
Talents | Natural ability in particular activity. a natural ability for being good at a particular activity. |
Transferable skills | A skill that is not limited to a specific academic discipline, area of knowledge, job, or task and is useful in any work situation, e.g. communication or organizational skills. |
Values | The worth, importance, or usefulness of something to somebody. |
Visualization | To form a visual image of something in the mind. |