Core Concepts
A scale from 1-10 (with 10 being outburst) used to measure anger throughout the week
What is an anger thermometer?
An easy coping skill that should be on every anger control plan
What is informal timeout
Four types of communication
What are passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive?
True or False: How you are raised will impact how you show anger and aggression
What is True?
The way to measure how much alcohol you have consumed
What is Blood Alcohol Content?
This stage of the aggression cycle corresponds to a 10 on an anger thermometer
What is Explosion/Outburst?
A group of techniques that focus on controlling a bodily function to calm yourself
What are breathing techniques?
The easiest way to practice assertive communication
What are I Statements?
True or false: Anger is inherited and cannot be changed
What is false?
The half life of caffeine
What is six hours?
A place to list triggers, coping skills, and supports for anger; a living document
What is an Anger Control Plan?
A way to manage negative thinking patterns without challenging them
What is thought stopping?
Consequences of Aggressive communication
What are temporarily getting your way, fear, upsetting others, and people leaving?
A way to protect your needs, can be defined to others
What are boundaries?
Impacts of alcohol on anger
What are decreased inhibitions, difficulty controlling anger, and poor decision making?
These situation will always make you angry and is something that needs to be watched out for
What are Red Flag Events?
A coping skill involving focusing on releasing tension
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
Consequences of Passive communication
What are not getting your needs met, emotions being pushed down or ignored, and possible resentment for others?
The opposite of the Power and Control Wheel, it lists examples of healthy relationship behaviors
What is the Nonviolence/Equality Wheel Wheel? (Bonus points for providing examples)
Conditions that can be impacted by marijuana use
What are brain development in adolescents and psychosis in individuals with a pre-existing risk factor?
These are the four types of cues
What are Physical, Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive?
The four parts of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
What are Activating Event, Beliefs (thoughts), emotional Consequences (emotions), and Dispute (challenging the thought)?
An assertive response to this situation:
[Assertive Response]
List at least three Fair Fighting Rules in your own words
What are knowing why you are upset, discussing one issue at a time, no degrading language, express feelings, take turns, no stonewalling, no yelling, take timeouts, and attempt to compromise?
Risks for high levels of alcohol
What are impairment (0.02-0.08); problems with motor control and judgement (0.08-0.14); changes in mood and loss of motor control (0.14-0.19); loss of consciousness, respiratory distress, and severe impairment in functioning (0.2-0.24;, potential onset of coma (0.25-0.39); and risk of death in most individuals (0.4)? (Points for at least 3)