Emotion Regulation Basics
Emotion regulation means understanding and managing your ________.
What are emotions?
One goal is to better understand your ________.
What are emotions?
Emotions help motivate what?
What is action?
Emotions are a problem when they are too ________.
What is intense?
Feeling overwhelmed before a test is an example of what?
What is an emotional response?
True or False: Emotion regulation means getting rid of emotions.
👉 What is False?
One goal is to reduce emotional ________.
What is vulnerability?
Emotions send messages to ________.
What are others?
Emotions are a problem when they last too ________.
What is long?
Getting angry during peer conflict shows which function of emotions?
What is motivate action or communicate?
Emotion regulation helps you respond instead of ________.
What is react?
One goal is to decrease emotional ________.
What is suffering?
Emotions give us ________ about situations.
What is information?
Emotions are a problem when they don’t ________ the situation.
What is fit?
Shutting down during a difficult task is an example of what?
What is ineffective emotional response?
Name one goal of emotion regulation.
What is understand emotions / reduce vulnerability / reduce suffering / increase positives?
One goal is to increase ________ emotional experiences.
What are positive?
Emotions prepare the ________ for action.
What is the body?
Emotions are a problem when they lead to ________ behavior.
What is ineffective?
Acting without thinking when upset is called what?
What is reacting (instead of responding)?
Emotion regulation supports better ________ and behavior.
What is decision-making?
Having more control over reactions helps improve this area of life.
What are relationships?
Name all four functions of emotions.
What are motivate action, communicate, provide information, prepare the body?
Give one real-life example of emotions becoming a problem.
Answers vary
A student feels nervous or unsafe being open about their identity at school. Which function of emotions is helping them recognize what matters and guide their behavior?
What is providing information (and/or motivating action)?