Definitions
Specific events that touch on sensitive areas of your life. These events usually refer to long-standing issues that can easily lead to anger.
What is "red flags" or "triggers?"
The way we express anger is inherited and cannot be changed. That is, anger is a fixed an unalterable set of behaviors.
What is False? Fortunately, the way we express anger can be changed by learning new and appropriate ways of expressing anger.
Identify two immediate strategies.
What are...name them?
What are the three phases of The Aggression Cycle?
What are the escalation, explosion, and postexplosion phases?
What A means in the ABCD model. Describe it.
What is the Activating event, or what we call the "red flag" or trigger"
These occur in response to an anger-provoking event and can serve as a warning sign that you have become anger and that your anger in continuing to escalate (PBEC). Name all four.
What are cues? Physical, Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive.
Anger automatically leads to aggression.
What is false? Anger management involves controlling the escalation of anger by earning assertiveness skills, changing negative and hostile "self talk," challenging irrational beliefs, and employing a variety of behavioral strategies.
Identify two preventative strategies.
What are...name them?
What are some of the common components that characterize the escalation phase?
What are cues, red flags, triggers?
What B means in the ABCD model. Describe it.
What are beliefs? It is not the events themselves that produce feelings of anger, but our interpretation of and beliefs about the event.
What is true? Many people confuse assertiveness with aggression.
You can also do ________when you are angry. People looking at you may think that you are crazy but it works. Hint: It begins with a t
What is talk to yourself to help YOU calm down. This keeps you from making bad choices because of your anger.
What are some of the common components that characterize the explosion phase?
What is an uncontrollable discharge of anger displayed as verbal or physical aggression? This discharge, in turn, leads to negative consequences; it is synonymous with the number 10 on the anger meter.
What C means in the ABCD model. Describe it.
What are the emotional consequences? These are the feelings people experience as a result of their interpretations of and beliefs concerning the event.
This type of strategy can be used in the heat of the moment when anger is rapidly escalating.
What is an immediate strategy?
Venting anger is always desirable.
What is false? Research shows that venting anger aggressively simply leads to a person getting better at being angry.
What type of behavior is inappropiate when expressing your anger? Give me two examples.
Various examples.
What are some of the common components that characterize the postexplosion phase?
What are negative consequences to include jail, making restitution, being terminated from a job, etc.?
What D means in the ABCD model. Describe it.
What is dispute? Rather than continue with negative, dysfunctional beliefs contributing to anger, one can try to dispute them and replace them with more rational, objective beliefs.
This type of strategy can be used to avoid escalation of anger before it begins.
What is a preventative strategy?
It is normal for an individual to not elevate above a 1 on the Anger Thermometer for an extended period of time.
What is false? It is normal for an individual to experience mild, moderate, and severe anger. One technique that is helpful in increasing awareness off anger is learning to monitor it.
Choosing to handle our anger in an inppropiate way like throwing a tantrum, slamming doors, hitting someone, etc are all bad choices... When we choose to make these choices, we have _____
What is consequence?
It is healthy for someone to be angry. True or False
What is true. A HEALTHY expression of anger allows others to know how we feel and helps to resolve conflicts or problems. We all experience anger.