Emotional Awareness
True or False
Anger is a secondary emotion
True! The following emotions can act as defense mechanisms and often come second.
- Anger
- Guilt / Shame
- Defensiveness
a. hyperarousal
b. hyporarousal
b. hypoarousal
What does TIP stand for ?
a. Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing & Progressive Muscle Relaxation
b. Temperature, Integration, Practiced Breathing & Progressive Motor Reprocessing
a. Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing & Progressive Muscle Relaxation
What is the amygdala's job?
a. It scans for danger and sends out alerts
b. It encodes memories and sorts them in context
a. It scans for danger and sends out alerts
A person sees a bear and runs away. What type of response is this?
a. fawn
b. flock
c. flight
c. flight
Name an emotion primarily felt in the stomach
a. anger
b. depression
c. anxiety
c. anxiety
An activity that can increase window of tolerance is:
a. meditation
b. yelling at another person
c. sky diving
a. meditation
What is an example of soothing with the senses while using sight?
Something that can be seen
What is the hypothalamus's job
a. It makes assesses alerts
c. It activates the HPA and ANS System
d. It increases heart rate and breathing
c. It activates the HPA and ANS System
A fire alarm goes off and people begin looking around to see where everyone else is going. What response is this?
a. flop
b. flock
c. flight
b. flock
Name an emotion that has activation throughout the entire body:
a. sadness
b. envy
c. happiness
c. happiness
People may be in hyperarousal if they are:
a. Eating a bowl of mac and cheese
b. Emotional outbursts (yelling, blaming, swearing)
c. Soft, slow or monotone speech
b. Emotional outbursts (yelling, blaming, swearing)
What is it called when you tighten one muscle group at a time and then relax it to promote regulation?
a. Progressive Muscle Activation
b. Progressive Muscle Relaxation
c. Guided Imagery
b. Progressive Muscle Relaxation
What is the first step in our systems response system?
a. Scanning for threat
b. Taking in sensory information
c. Being in a state of calm
b. Taking in sensory information
A person climbs up onto a tall diving board and as they get ready to jump into the pool they stop and stay completely still because of fear. What protective response are they using?
a. flop
b. freeze
c. flight
b. freeze
What are the 7 universal basic emotions:
a. happiness, love, sadness, anxiety, disgust, pride, anger
b. happiness, anger, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, contempt
c. happiness, anger, sadness, excitement, pride, envy
b. happiness, anger, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, contempt
Someone might notice they are in hypoarousal if
a. they feel numb and disconnected
b. they feel flexible and connected
c. they feel irritable or panicked
a. they feel numb and disconnected
What is something for soothe with the senses you can do for taste?
something that can be tasted
What does the hippocampus do?
a. It encodes memories and files them according to context
b. It activates the HPA and ANS Response
c. It assesses risks
a. It encodes memories and files them according to context
A person is afraid during an incident and goes unconscious. What protective state are they in?
a. Flock
b. Flop
c. Fight
b. Flop
what is an emotion where there is no activation?
a. sadness
b. depression
c. shame
b. depression
A person being able to visit with friends and family, handle daily stress, and seems connected and grounded is in what part of the window of tolerance?
In the Window
How do you do box breathing?
a. breathe inside of a box
b. breathe in for 4 seconds, hold 4 seconds, breathe out for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds
c. put a box on your belly and watch it rise and falls as you breathe
b. breathe in for 4 seconds, hold 4 seconds, breathe out for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds
During a traumatic event the pre-frontal cortex is?
a. is sending a high alert
b. increasing the levels of cortisol
c. partially or completely shut down
c. partially or completely shut down
A person is talking with a colleague at work who often says unkind things about other people. The college begins talking negatively about this person's friend. The person starts talking negatively about them too. What state is this person in?
a. Fawn
b. Flock
c. Freeze