If Others Start Criticizing You, One Productive Way to Respond

question 12

Multiple Choice

If others start criticizing you, one productive way to respond is to

• A)​tell them to stop the criticism.
• B)​point out that criticism is not productive.
• C)​criticize them to show them how it feels.
• D)​ask for more specifics about what the criticism involves.
• E)​just back off; there's no effective way to deal with this kind of "no-win" situation.

Understand the differences between a résumé, cover letter, qualifications brief, and data sheet, and their specific purposes.

Comprehend the importance of verb tense and keywords in describing past job responsibilities on a résumé.

Identify external and internal factors that influence job searching.

Recognize the significance of building a network of contacts for job searching.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Processes

Mental activities such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering.

Unattended Information

Information that is present in the environment but is not the focus of one's attention and hence is processed minimally or not at all.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, which allows retention of impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Primacy and Recency Effects

Psychological terms describing the tendency to remember information that appears at the beginning (primacy) and end (recency) of a list better than information in the middle.