Anger Control
What is the purpose of anger control training?
It helps you use your personal power to be in control of your angry reactions despite the attempts of others to hassle you.
What are the ABC's of anger?
Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence.
Define social skills?
The skills we use when dealing with other people.
What does A-R-T stand for?
Aggression Replacement Training
How many skill steps are there in "making a complaint"?
Making a complaint has "5" skill steps.
Define cues.
physical warning signs that indicate when you are getting angry.
Things we say to ourselves that increase our angry impulses.
Name the social skill in which you prepare to speak to someone about a possibly conflicting subject.
Getting ready for a difficult conversation.
What are the components of A-R-T?
Social Skills, Anger Control Training, and Moral Reasoning.
In the Angry Behavioral Cycle: what step do you exit and break the cycle.
You exit the cycle and do something different at "thinking ahead"
Name the 4 different types of consequences.
Internal, external, short term and long term consequences.
Can an internal trigger be turned into an external trigger. True/False
False, an internal trigger cannot be turned into an external trigger, but an external trigger can be turned into an internal trigger.
What are 3 nonverbal signs we use to understand the feelings of others.
Facial expression, tone of voice, posture, eye contact, speech, appearance.
Name examples of physical warning signs.
Muscle tension, a knot in the stomach, clenched fists, grinding teeth or a pounding heart, etc.
What does dealing with an accusation mean to you?
Dealing with an Accusation means responding to someone who says you did something in a way that doesn't get you in more trouble.
Define Thinking Ahead.
A way of controlling anger in a conflict situation by judging the likely future consequences of current behavior.
Define Self Evaluation.
Judging how you handled a conflict situation or hassle after it is over.
The purpose of Dealing with Someone Else's Anger.
Being able to understand when another person is angry and whether you are able to do something about the situation.
What are the two different components of Self Evaluation?
Self Reward and Self Coach
Give an example of an internal and external consequence.
Internal Consequences: feeling upset with yourself, feeling embarrassed.
External Consequences: getting in trouble with school, parents, probation.
Name all of the steps of the anger behavior chain
triggers, cues, anger reducers, reminders, thinking ahead and self evaluation
Provide the 3 methods of anger reducers covered in this course. Explain each of them.
deep breathing, backwards counting (from 10 to 1), pleasant imagery
Name 4 out of the 7 social skills covered in the course.
Making a complaint, understanding the feelings of other, getting ready for a difficult conversation, dealing with someone else's anger, helping others, keeping out of fights, and dealing with an accusation.
What is the purpose of Moral Reasoning?
It teaches you to deal with different situations and understand others viewpoints, in order to come up with responsible and morally mature decisions.
Antecedent is what led up to the problem.
Behavior is what you did, your reaction
Consequence is what the results were.