Week 1: Personality & Core Traits
What is personality?
An individual's patterns of thoughts, behaviours and emotions over a stable period of time. It can change (answer to another question).
Name 3 ways to express emotion through art?
Colouring, drawing, collaging memories, gratitude journaling
In your own words, describe goal setting
Developing an action plan to motivate you to reach your goals within a specific period of time
How does music relate to our emotions?
Helps regulate and process our emotions
Safe expression
Releasing emotions and boosting mood
Which month has 28 days?
All of them
Why is knowing your personality helpful? Give 3 answers
motivation (dives a person's behaviour), emotional intelligence (understand and manage your own emotions/other's), values and beliefs (understaninh your core beliefs and ethics), self-concept (how you view yourself and your role in the world)
How can you benefit from releasing emotions through art?
Stress and anxiety reduction, improved mood, enhanced self-expression, emotional release
What is personal growth?
A lifelong journey focused on improving self-awareness, developing strengths and realizing your own potential for a successful life.
How does music connect to your identity?
appearance/aesthetics, identifying with different genres and artists that connect with you, music from video games or tv shows (anime), engaging in song writing
What artist has the most streams on spotify?
Taylor Swift
What are 3 examples of personality traits?
Honest, polite, fun, authentic, loyal, patient, strong, tolerant, flexible, thoughtful
What are 3 components of emotions
mental/cognitive, behavioural, physiological (thoughts, body language/facial expression, heart rate/breathing/sweating)
Give 3 reasons on why goal setting is important
Helps you track your progress
Increases our motivation
Gives us a sense of direction/where we want to be in the future
Builds our confidence
It teaches is time management skills
How does music change your brain?
Activates emotional and reward centres (amygdala), our memory (hippocampus) and motor control (motor cortex)
Triggers dopamine release (limbic system), boosting mood and motivation, lowers cortisol to reduce stress
What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Turkey
How does personality develop over time?
Social roles, life experiences, intentional behaviour changes. Become more agreeable, conscientious, more emotionally stable (maturity)
How would you show different emotions through painting? Give 3 examples
anger/frustration: heavy lines/red/scribbles or splattering paint
Happy/calm: gentle, light colours, rounded lines
What is self-awareness?
The ability to tune into your own feelings, thoughts and actions. You will be able to understand your strengths and challenges and know what helps you thrive
If you are feeling overwhelmed and want to use music to help regulate yourself, what are some things to do in the moment?
Putting on a specific song or genre to soothe yourself (if you need to cry put a sad song on, if you need to yell put a loud song on)
Classical music can reduce stress and anxiety, rock can increase energy and improve focus
Ask yourself what do I want from the music right now?
Pair music with movement
Listen to the lyrics
What animal has three hearts and blue blood?
Octopus
What are ways to grow your personality? 3 answers
Try new experiences, reflect and learn from life challenges and learn from others who may be different, get feedback through personality quizzes or discussion with friends
What is mindfulness through art?
Focusing on the creation rather than the final product and using materials/symbols that ground you in the present moment. Ex. body scan art, drawing your breath, painting emotions
What are SMART goals and give an example for each letter
Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time
Analyze: Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence, but it don't work
Keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why!?
Love, love, love, love, love
Insanity laughs under pressure
We're breaking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
need for connection, a call for love (challenge us to change how we treat others, and care for them). Encourages us to love in a challenging time.
Which wireless technology is named after a Viking king?
Bluetooth (named after Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson), the Viking who connected kingdoms