The Brain
If I am just reacting in the moment, not practicing Stop & Think, I am using my...
What is Lizard Brain?
Heart is beating fast, breathing is faster, muscles feel tight, butterflies in your belly are all examples of this.
What are inside Red Flag Warnings?
There are this many floors on the Emotions Elevator.
What are 10?
This is what we KNOW to be true and can show proof to back it up.
What is a Fact?
We all have five senses that send signals to our brain - Name all five senses.
What are taste, touch, sight, sound and smell?
These are 2 examples of outside Red Flag Warnings when someone is feeling angry.
What red face, clenched fists, furrowed brow, loud voice/yelling, pushing/hitting, stomping feet (answers are up for interpretation by Mrs. Gibbons)?
It's easiest to Stop & Think on these floors of the Emotions Elevator.
What are the bottom/lower floors or floors 1-5?
These are the people we can go to if we want to gather information and determine the facts.
What is our Constellation of Support?
Our Lizard Brain is in charge of this response, which is actually really handy if you are being chased by a bear!
What is Fight, Flight or Freeze?
A good rule to remember is to always be _______ on the Emotions Elevator than the other person.
What is lower?
This is a way to exit the Emotions Elevator by talking to your brain in a way that calms you down.
What is Yackety-Yak Self-Talk Back?
________________ create gossip, have no proof and use words like "always" or "never".
What are Opinions?
Just as its featured in the movie Inside Out, the Amygdala is where our ________ are kept.
What are feelings/emotions?
If we always stay on the 10th floor of the Emotions Elevator, we are likely going to have more of these.
What are problems/trouble/issues?
Controlling your emotions and staying low on the Emotions Elevator helps you to ________ and _______.
What is Stop & Think?
We learned that this Wise Way is a good way to gather the information we need to make a choice or decision.
What is Ask Questions?
The Limbic System and the Prefrontal Cortex are the scientific names for these parts of the brain.
What are Lizard Brain and Wizard Brain?
When are body feels red flag warnings through our five senses, these messages are immediately sent to this part of center of our brain. *Clue* Answer is 2 words!
What is the Relay Center?
We practiced ways to do this in class to calm our bodies down when we feel ourselves rising on the Emotions Elevator.
What is Relax and Take Deep Breaths/Belly Breathing/Muscle Relaxation/Meditation?
We completed the following riddle by asking the right questions:
She looked at him, turned and ran.
This is who "she" was in the solution of that riddle.
What is a cat?