Self-Awareness
This is the emotion responsible for making sure Riley stays safe and doesn't eat weird things.
Answer: What is Disgust?
When Joy and Sadness were lost in long-term memory, what physical strategy could Joy have used to calm her anxious thoughts?
Answer: What is deep breathing?
When a character is crying and sitting alone, what might they be feeling, and how can you show them empathy?
Answer: What is Sad, and offering to help or sit with them?
Joy and Sadness eventually learn to work together. Name three qualities that are important in a healthy friendship.
Answer: What is trust, respect, honesty, kindness, or communication?
When Riley decides to run away to Minnesota, it creates a problem. What is brainstorming?
Answer: What is using your imagination to come up with different ways to fix a situation?
Describe a time you felt this emotion: your face gets hot, your fists clench, and you want to stomp your feet.
Answer: What is Anger?
Riley's emotions use this "control center" in her brain to regulate her daily reactions.
Answer: What is Headquarters?
This word means the ability to understand and share someone else's feelings—exactly what the emotions do for Riley.
Answer: What is empathy?
When someone is speaking, what does respectful nonverbal communication look like?
Answer: What is keeping your eyes on the speaker and not interrupting?
The breakdown of Riley's Core Memories destroys her Personality Islands. Making a choice based on strong emotions without thinking first leads to this.
Answer: What is a trigger?
Sometimes you feel excited, nervous, and scared all at the same time. This is called having these.
Answer: What are mixed emotions?
Sadness is often seen as a negative emotion, but what healthy purpose does it actually serve in our emotional growth?
Answer: What is allowing us to ask for help and process loss or change?
Joy realizes that Sadness makes people want to help Riley. Recognizing how others feel and respond to your own actions is called this.
Answer: What is Social Awareness?
When Joy and Sadness return to headquarters, they realize they have to share the control console. What is the word for giving a little to find a solution everyone likes?
Answer: What is a compromise?
What should you do if a friend tells you a secret that could put their safety at risk?
Answer: What is telling a trusted teacher or adult right away?
This Core Memory fuels one of Riley's most important islands. Name one hobby or interest that fuels her "Personality Island."
Answer: Answers will vary (e.g., Hockey Island, Family Island).
Name a positive, physical coping skill you can use when you are feeling overwhelmed, instead of running away.
Answer: Answers vary (e.g., drawing, running, talking to an adult).
Name 2 nonverbal cues that help you guess how a classmate is feeling without them having to say a word.
Answer: Answers vary (e.g., crying, slouching, smiling, avoiding eye contact).
You and a friend have a disagreement about which game to play at recess. Name two positive conflict resolution steps.
Answer: Answers vary (e.g., use "I statements", take turns, compromise, or ask an adult for help).
When making a tough choice, it helps to pause and ask yourself this question.
Answer: What is "Why do I want to make this choice?" or "What will the consequence be?"
When we grow up, our brains get more complex and new emotions are created, like the emotion that helps us prepare for the future. Name one of the new emotions introduced in Inside Out 2.
Answer: What is Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, or Boredom?
The "Stop, Think, and Breathe" method helps you pause before reacting. What is this specific psychological ability to manage your thoughts and actions called?
Answer: What is self-regulation?
Sometimes our emotions are misunderstood. Describe a way you can respectfully check if you have understood a peer's point of view correctly.
What is repeating it back to them or asking questions ("So you're saying...")?
Peer pressure occurs when friends try to push you into doing something you don't want to do. What is the best way to handle this?
Answer: What is restating your boundary, saying "no," and getting help from an adult if needed?
Riley's emotions all need to work together on the control console. Why is it important to balance all of our feelings instead of just trying to be happy all the time?
Answer: What is because every emotion has a purpose, and accepting all of them is necessary for healthy mental growth?