MIDTERM: Character Building & Taking Responsibility

Question 1

The word “character” derives from the Greek _________

Answer 1

kharasso

Question 2

Who said, “All advancement in society begins
with the development of the character
of the young.” which means that advancement in your
life begins with the learning and
practice of values.

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Character building experiences take us out of our comfort zones and force us to ________ to
find new resources within ourselves.

Answer 3

dig deep

Question 4

_______ are in the profession or institution to train
people of character-building.

Answer 4

Schools

Question 5

______is a psychological notion that refers to all the habitual ways of ______ and ________
that distinguish one individual from another

Answer 5

Character
feeling
reacting

Question 6

_________ had a sustained interest in the
question of __________, since it touches on the major themes that interested him:
“___________________________,” memory traces, and, more generally, the role of acquired
traits, as well as the function of sublimation with regard to the “remains” of the _____________.

Answer 6

Sigmund freud
character formation
anatomo-physiological destiny
pregenital libido

Question 7

________ pertains to what one is inwardly-the very essence of one’s being.

Answer 7

Core

Question 8

_________ means one strives always to do what is right. Somebody called this
attitude “habits of the heart.”

Answer 8

Consistency

Question 8

_________ means one strives always to do what is right. Somebody called this
attitude “habits of the heart.”

Answer 8

Consistency

Question 9

_________ relates to what one is willing to sacrifice/ dedication to live by his convictions.

Answer 9

Cost

Question 10

“Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man’s character,
give him power.”

Answer 10

Abraham Lincoln

Question 11

“Character is power.”

Answer 11

Booker T. Washington

Question 12

A man’s character is his fate

Answer 12

Heraclitus

Question 13

______________ is experiences which teach you some of life’s lessons; lessons
like keep your word, pay attention, don’t run with sharp objects. Many character
building experiences hurt and may contain a “____________________”. With a
little good luck, you will live through them and be a better person.

Answer 13

Character building
significant emotional experience

Question 14

It is to show regard for the worth of someone else
as well as yourself. If you don’t respect yourself you can’t respect others. So respect
starts with yourself and in taking pride in your achievements and your potential. It also
fosters self-control of your actions and emotions so as not to hurt other people’s
feelings

Answer 14

Respect

Question 15

________ also should be shown to people in positions of __________ and __________ such as
parents, teachers, ministers, librarian, police and firefighters. Along with that should be an
appreciation for the importance of the effort these people made to become authority figures.
They have had to go through years of training in school and through internship before joining
the ranks.

Answer 15

Respect
responsibility
authority

Question 16

The final element of respect is to be _________. When you have an appointment or
tell someone you will meet them at a certain time, be prompt.

Answer 16

punctual

Question 17

_____________________________________ rather than answers. For example: How
does wearing clean clothes to school show respect for yourself and your school? When you
are with your friends do you listen to their opinion? Do you go along with them because you
are agree or because you want to be liked? How does this affect your sense of self-respect?

Answer 17

Open the discussion on respect with questions

Question 18

In ____________, how can you show respect for your teacher? Would you consider it respectful to
talk in class during a lesson? Would you ever call your teacher by his or her first name? If you
pass a police officer on the street what should you do? Would you greet the officer in a friendly
manner? Would you call the officer a name and run off? The questions might seem simply but
if children are taught the proper way to act, they won’t know what is right. Respect starts in the
_______ and goes both ways, from parent to child and child to parent.

Answer 18

School
home

Question 19

________ must be thought from childhood to present, consistently without failure. This is the
foundation of once character

Answer 19

Values

Question 20

Teach Your Children Values. One of the chief roles of parenting is to teach children values. This
requires ______________ and _____________ over and over again as they are
growing up. Once is never enough. The value—and the importance of living by that value—must
be explained.

Answer 20

patient instruction
explaining value to them

Question 21

Parents must not only give illustrations but also ____________ the ___________ to a _________, especially that of telling the truth with its opposite, that of lying or telling half-truths. Children will
see the _____ and ______ of their decision later in life.

Answer 21

contrast
adherence
value
pros
cons

Question 22

Children are very _________ to the lessons they receive from the important people in their lives as
they are growing up. They accept what you say as their parent as a fact, as ____________. They
absorb what you say like a ________. You write your description of values on their souls, which
are like wet clay, so that what you write becomes a permanent mark of the way they see the world
and relate to life

Answer 22

susceptible
absolute truth
sponge

Question 23

Study the Values You Admire or see from others . You learn values by studying them closely.
The _____________ says, that: “whatever you dwell upon yourself will grows and
increases in your life.”

Answer 23

The Law of Concentration