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Brain Parts
Wise Ways #1-3
Red Flags
Emotions Elevator
Strategies
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What is the part of your body that controls all the rest of your body. This is the part where all your thinking happens.
the brain
100
Wise Way #1 is using your ______ Brain instead of your ______ Brain.
Wizard Brain instead of your Lizard Brain
100
What makes a red flag?
signs of tenseness or irritation
100
What does the Emotions Elevator describe?
how calm you feel or how riled-up you feel
100
Name the strategy of telling yourself things to calm yourself down.
Control Self-Talk
200
What is the part of your brain that makes instant, No-Think responses?
Lizard Brain
200
Constellation of Support
What do we call the people who can give us GOOD support when we have a problem?
200
Give an example of an INTERNAL red flag.
an answer that shows something you feel inside yourself that shows irritation or tenseness
200
What floor is the most out-of-control?
top
200
What strategy should you use if you zip to the top of the Emotions Elevator?
Stop Talking and Leave the Situation
300
The part of your brain where emotions come from
What is the amygdala?
300

What do we call warning signs that there is a problem? (Wise Way #3)

a red flag

300
Give an example of an EXTERNAL red flag.
an answer that shows some sign of tenseness or irritation in other people
300
What floor should you try to stay below?
a floor where you are still in control of your actions
300
Desribe this strategy: Redirect Your Emotions
doing something physical to blow off steam so you can get calmer
400
The "fight or flight" part of your brain
What is the hypothalamus?
400

What do we call warning signs that are shown on the outside of our body that others can see?

external red flags

400

Define what an internal warning flag is and what an external warning flag is.

Internal warning flag is something you feel on the inside.

External warning flag is something you see or do on the outside for others to see. 

400

You're feeling annoyed by a peer in your group. They keep making annoying sounds and tapping their foot. What floor of the emotions elevator would you be on?

...

400

What is a strategy to use when feeling anxious?

an answer that regulates your nervous system

500

What part of your brain is used for problem-solving, regulates emotions and helps us make appropriate choices?

Prefrontal Cortex 

500
What do we call physical feelings inside your body that warn you there's a problem?
internal red flag
500

how can knowing our red flag warning signs help us?

Creates awareness and helps us know how we are feeling. Prevents us from overreacting...

500

What floor would we be on if we are using our Wizard or thinking brain? What floor would we be on if we are using our Lizard or emotional brain?

Wizard (any floor 5 and below)

Lizard (any floor 5 and above)

500

What is a strategy when you feel angry and are at the top of your emotions elevator?

Something that brings you down to the bottom floor