A 5-Second Experiment That Tells You How Powerful You Feel

Question 1

Dominant hand

Answer 1

noun

The hand a person is most likely to use for writing, throwing, etc.

_{About 10% of people have their left hand as their dominant hand.}

_{He broke his dominant hand so now he needs to learn how to use the other.}

Question 2

To snap one’s fingers

Answer 2

verbal phrase

To make a sound using your thumb and middle finger

_{Please just snap your fingers when you need me.}

_{It’s a bit rude to snap your fingers like that…}

Question 3

Experimental technique

Answer 3

noun

A new technique used when conducting an experiment

_{We will use some experimental techniques to test our theory.}

_{This is just an experimental technique for now.}

Question 4

Social psychologist

Answer 4

noun

A psychologist who studies the behavior of humans interacting with each other socially

_{Social psychologists often study the behavior of other primates to better understand people.}

_{A famous social psychologist wrote that book.}

Question 5

Get out of one’s own head

Answer 5

verbal phrase

To be able to see something from other people’s perspectives

_{One of the greatest skills in life is the ability to get out of one’s own head.}

_{I try to get out of my own head to understand her issues.}

Question 6

Distraction

Answer 6

noun

Something that prevents you from concentrating

_{She works at the office since there are too many distractions at home.}

_{You should try to eliminate all distractions.}

Question 7

Degrade

Answer 7

verb

The quality of something becomes less good

_{One’s memory tends to degrade with time.}

_{Hard drives degrade slowly over time.}

Question 8

Accumulate

Answer 8

verb

To gradually increase in amount

_{He was able to accumulate his wealth over the past 20 years.}

_{We have accumulated a lot of knowledge from our surveys.}

Question 9

Melt into a puddle of unrealized potential

Answer 9

verbal phrase

Potential will disappear

_{If you don’t follow this advice you will melt into a puddle of unrealized potential.}

Question 10

… never ends well

Answer 10

phrase

Something always has a bad outcome

_{Getting married when you are very young never ends well…}

_{Starting the day with strawberries and champagne never ends well…}

Question 11

Sharpen

Answer 11

verb

Improve

_{This practice will sharpen your thinking.}

_{We have developed this course to sharpen their management skills.}

Question 12

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