Heart and Mind

Chapter 20
Life Skills

A. Answer the following:

1. What do you mean by life skills?
Ans: Life skills are abilities that enable us to properly face all sorts of situations in life.
Life skills are usually associated with managing and living a better quality of life.

2. Explain Interpersonal relationship.

Ans: Interpersonal relationships are the life skills which we use every day to interact with
other people, both individually and in groups. People with good interpersonal skills are
usually able to manage things effectively in personal as well as professional lives.

3. Explain self-awareness.
Ans: Self-awareness is the mother of all abilities. It means having a clear perception of
your personality including strengths, weakness, thoughts, beliefs, emotions and
motivation. It allows us to understand other people. It relates to your consciousness as
regards different things.

4. Write about decision making.

Ans: Decision making is regarded as a cognitive process resulting in the selection of a
belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities. Every decision-making
process produces a final choice that may or may not prompt action. It is the process of
identifying and choosing alternatives based on values and preferences of the
decision-maker.

5. Explain emotional skills.

Ans: Emotional skills refer to a child’s ability to deal with, manage, express and control
his or her emotional states, including anger, sadness, excitement, anxiety and joy.

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