Counseling Quiz #3b KTS – Flashcards
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Metacognition means
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thinking about thinking. (Page. 58, Thinking about thinking is known as metacognition.)
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Assessments to determine more about how you learn and respond to information are beneficial because they
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can increase your self-knowledge (Page. 59, Self-knowledge gives you tools to choose how you respond to circumstances...you can mange how you respond in each situation...Understanding yourself as a learner will also help you choose how to respond to others in a group situation)
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Howard Gardner defines intelligence as an ability to
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solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture. (Page. 60, As defined by H. Gardner, an ability to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture.)
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Self-knowledge can help you
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Provide all of the answers you are seeking (Page. 59, As you search for answers, you will be gathering important information about yourself)
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The ability to sense the moods and feelings of others is a strength of which of Gardner's multiple intelligences?
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Interpersonal (Page. 61, Interpersonal Ability to relate to others, noticing their moods, motivations, and feelings; social activity, cooperative learning, teamwork)
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Of the following students with various learning preferences, which person in the group is using his or her strengths most effectively?
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A visual-spatial learner who brings charts and graphs to illustrate a point. (Page. 61, Ability to understand spatial relationships and to perceive and create images; visual art, graphic design, charts and maps)
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If your instructor's teaching style is traditional lecture and you are an interpersonal learner, you might choose to
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join a study group to review and discuss issues with other students. (Page. 65, 73, Interpersonal... Seeing things from others' perspectives...Noticing moods, intentions, and temperaments of others...Gauging the most effective way to work with individual group members... An interpersonal leader could take the lead in teaching material to others.)
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The Personality Spectrum assessment will help you identify
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four personality types that reveal the kinds of interactions that are most (and least) comfortable for you. (Page. 63-64, The concept of dividing human beings into four basic personality types, as in the Personality Spectrum, goes as far backs as Aristotle and Hippocrates, ancient Greek philosophers.)
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The traditional college and university classroom format tends to be most comfortable for
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all of the above. the verbal-linguistic learner the logical-mathematical learner. the Thinker and Organizer. (Page. 69, For this reason, the traditional college classroom is generally a happy home for the verbal or logical learner and the Thinker and the Organizer.)
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When your learning preference does not match up with your instructor's teaching style, the BEST response is to
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play to your strengths, work on your weak areas, and ask your instructor for help. (Page. 69-70, Play to your strengths...Work to strengthen weaker areas...Ask your instructor for help)
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Which of the following is NOT a primary characteristic of an Organizer according to the Personality Spectrum?
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Loyalty (Page. 67, Organizer: Tactical, Planning, Detailed, Practical, Confident, Predictable, Controlled, Dependable, Systematic, Sequential, Structured, Administrative, Procedural, Organized, Conservative, Safekeeping, Disciplined)
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Joan has a strong interpersonal intelligence. She enjoys her history class but does not like memorizing facts and repetition. What would be a good study strategy for her?
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Think of concepts, interpretations, or theories that link the facts together (Page. 72 Logical-Mathematical, Organize material logically; if it suits the topic, use a spreadsheet program, Explain material sequentially to someone, Develop systems and find patterns, Analyze and evaluate information)
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Psychologist Carl Jung developed a typology of personalities that involves
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both A and B. an individual's preferred world. different ways of interacting with the world. (Page. 64, An individual's preferred "world"... Different ways of dealing with the world, or "functions")
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One example of a reading-related learning disorder is
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dyslexia (Page. 77, Dyslexia and related reading disorders... Problems with reading (spelling, word sequencing, comprehension and processing translating written language to thought or the reverse)
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Your friend has just been diagnosed with a reading-related learning disorder. Which action would NOT help your friend manage his disability?
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Lowering his expectations for success (Page. 76-77, Find information about your disability, Seek assistance from your school, Be a dedicated student, Build a positive attitude.)
