Checkpoint: Skills Assessment Activity

CheckPoint: Skills Assessment Activity

Directions: Indicate the degree to which each item applies to you by circling the appropriate number, according to this key:

1_Highly improbable

2_Improbable

3_Equally improbable and probable, not sure

4_Probable

5_Highly probable

In The Future I Expect That I Will:

1. Find that people don’t seem to understand what I’m trying to say 5

2. Be discouraged about my ability to gain the respect of others 5

3. Be a good parent 5

4. Be unable to accomplish my goals 2

5. Have a stressful marital relationship 5

6. Deal poorly with emergency situations 1

7. Find my efforts to change situations I don’t like are ineffective 3

Self-Assessment

Expectancies Personal predictions

about the outcomes of events.

Self-efficacy expectations Beliefs

about one’s ability to perform specific

tasks successfully.

Reflect

Do you expect that you will succeed?

Do you believe in your abilities?

How does your self-confidence

(or lack of it) affect your

self-esteem and behavior?

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8. Not be very good at learning new skills 1

9. Carry through my responsibilities successfully 5

10. Discover that the good in life outweighs the bad 5

11. Handle unexpected problems successfully 5

12. Get the promotions I deserve 5

13. Succeed in the projects I undertake 5

14. Not make any significant contributions to society 3

15. Discover that my life is not getting much better 5

16. Be listened to when I speak 3

17. Discover that my plans don’t work out too well 3

18. Find that no matter how hard I try, things just don’t turn

out the way I would like 3

19. Handle myself well in whatever situation I’m in 5

20. Be able to solve my own problems 5

21. Succeed at most things I try 5

22. Be successful in my endeavors in the long run 5

23. Be very successful working out my personal life 5

24. Experience many failures in my life 5

25. Make a good first impression on people I meet for the first time 5

26. Attain...