Study Skills 2023-2024 Semester 1 Exam Review (Thompson)

Organizing your Christmas activities using a planner or calendar is helpful when you:

• Prioritize your Christmas shopping

• Write down Christmas goals

• Make To Do lists for Christmas

• All the above

Examples of planning for Christmas include all of the following except:

• Making a to-do list for Christmas shopping

• Writing in your planner for Christmas events

• Procrastinate and wait until Christmas Eve

• Prioritize Christmas decorations and meals

A measurable Christmas gift goal describes ______ Santa will deliver the gift.

• why

• how

When setting a Christmas decoration goal, it should be:

• unrealistic

• realistic

Having a successful Christmas depends on all of the following except:

• organizing and prioritizing tasks such as gift shopping and meal planning

• identifying main ideas and details such as who to invite and what to cook

• procrastination and waiting to do things until the last minute

The ability to manage feelings during the Christmas season is called:

• response inhibition

• working memory

• emotional control

Having trouble starting to wrap Christmas gifts and putting off decorating the tree until the last minute are examples of struggles with what executive function?

• Task initiation

• Emotional Control

• Response Inhibition

Overcoming challenges to deliver all the presents on time for Christmas is called:

• Organization

• Task initiation

• Goal Directed Persistence

Which EF Skill involves using a planner and keeping track of Christmas gifts?

• Sustained Attention

• Emotional Control

• Organization

When Santa stops and thinks BEFORE he delivers presents, that is known as what?

• Response Inhibition

• Working Memory

• Sustained Attention