ABC
A.B.C is the acronym for....
Activating Event. Beliefs. Consequences
Finding fault in others.
Blaming
What does RSA Stand for?
Rational Self Anyalysis
Making excuses
Mollification
The Dominator.
What causes your beliefs?
Thoughts and attitudes.
Leaving yourself no option.
Have to, Need to, Must.
What should you consider when doing an RSA?
Objective Facts.
Ignoring responsible action, eliminating sensitivity to consequences.
Cut off
The 4 Styles of communication?
1. Passive
2. Aggressive.
3. Passive-Aggressive
4. Assertive.
Your beliefs help you determine your....
Consequences
stating assumptions about a person/event?
What can RSA help you with?
Acting Impulsively. Irrational Thinking errors &or Undesirable consequences.
Lazy thinking, taking the easy way out.
Cognitive Indolence.
What fuels anger?
Feelings, emotions, and/or beliefs.
In order to have a desirable consequence, you have to have a rational....
belief, attitude, or thought.
Expecting the behaviors of others to be the way you want it to be?
Should Statements.
What are 2 tools used in an RSA?
Camera Check and Rational Challenge.
lack of persistence, getting sidetracked
What is crystalized anger?
Resentment.
How you ________about events determines how you ________and also how you _______to them.
How you THINK about events determines how you FEEL and also how you REACT to them.
What are Thinking Errors?
Irrational Self Talk.
What are the 5 rules to rational Thinking?
1. Are your thoughts based on objective reality/facts?
2. Are your thought helping to protect your life and health?
3.Are your thoughts helping you achieve your short and long term goals?
4. Are your thoughts helping to keep you out of conflict with others?
5. Are your thoughts leading you to feel the way you want to feel without the use of alcohol and drugs?
List the 8 Criminal thinking Errors
1. Mollification
2. Cutoff
3.Entitlement
4. Power Orientation
5. Sentimentality
6. Super Optimism
7. Cognitive Indolence
8. Discontinuity.
List 4 of the 5 Strategies for controlling your anger?
1. Keep your options open.
2. Check your attitude.
3. Take a time out
4. Examine your thinking.
5. Seek Compromise.