Board Game Article
For elderly players, board games help prevent this specific type of mental decline.
What is Cognitive Decline?
Choosing to do the exact opposite of an impulsive urge (e.g., social contact when sad).
What is Opposite Action?
When the Emotional Self takes over, it often leads to these regrettable actions.
What are Impulsive Behaviors?
Games encourage this mindset by allowing players to treat defeat as a learning moment.
What is Growth Mindset?
These are the core, immediate emotions like Joy, Sadness, or Anger.
What are Primary Emotions?
Emotional intelligence (EI) is defined as the capacity to know, understand, and manage these.
What are your emotions?
You analyze thoughts to determine if they are factually true or just interpretations.
What is Check the Facts?
According to Van Dijk, this "Self" is driven purely by immediate feelings and impulses.
What is the Emotional Self?
The belief that intelligence and talent are static traits that cannot be changed.
What is Fixed Mindset?
Emotions that occur as a reaction to our first feeling (e.g., Guilt about Anger).
What are Secondary Emotions?
In the article, this game is used as an example of racing for ancient currency to build resilience.
What is Terra Loop?
This strategy involves performing a skill you are good at to build self-efficacy.
What is Build Mastery?
The "Wise Self" is the overlap between the Emotional Self and this other Self.
What is the Rational Self?
The belief that abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.
What is Growth Mindset?
The furthest edges of the Emotional Wheel represent these nuanced feelings.
What are Tertiary Emotions?
Competitive games help players improve this skill by imagining an opponent's reactions.
What is social reasoning?
This acronym stands for a distress tolerance skill used to temporarily divert attention.
What is ACCEPTS?
Acting from this "Self" means balancing your logic with your gut feelings.
What is The Wise Self?
People with this mindset tend to see failure as proof of a lack of intelligence.
What is Fixed Mindset?
The "Triangle" of emotion includes Actions, Behaviors, and this third part.
What are Thoughts?
Board games provide this kind of "ground" for practicing interaction without risk.
What is a Social Training Ground?
The "PLEASE" skill focuses on this area to keep the body's chemistry regulated.
What is Physical Maintenance (Sleep, Eating, etc.)?
Van Dijk suggests this practice is the "bridge" used to access the Wise Self.
What is Mindfulness (or Deep Breathing)?
In a Growth Mindset, these are viewed as opportunities to learn rather than obstacles.
What are Challenges or Failures?
In the Emotional Triangle, changing one corner (like Behavior) will affect these.
What are the other two corners, such as Actions and Thoughts?