MODELS
(what letter) = Belief System
What you tell yourself about the event (your self-talk)
Your beliefs and expectations of others
What is B in the ABCD model?
This red visual makes you come to a complete stop before driving on.
What is a stop sign?
An episode of anger can be viewed as consisting of three phases: escalation, explosion, and postexplosion.
What is the aggression cycle?
A series of simple steps that focus on tightening and releasing muscles in your hands, arms, legs, face, and other body parts. These steps help to provide Relaxation.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
Cues can be broken down into four cue categories: physical, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive (or thought) cues. After each category, list the cues that you have noticed when you get angry.
What are Cues to Anger?
Activating event is the “event” or red-flag event.
What does the A stand for in an ABCD Model?
An alternate to the ABCD model, In this approach, you simply tell yourself through a series of self-commands to stop thinking the thoughts that are making you angry.
What is Thought Stopping?
This phase is characterized by cues that indicate anger is building. As you may recall, cues are warning signs, or responses, to anger-provoking events.
What is The escalation phase?
You can practice this exercise on your own by focusing on your breathing, taking several deep breaths, and trying to release any tension you might have in your body. You should practice this exercise as often as possible.
What is Relaxation Through Breathing?
Cues that show how your body responds; e.g., with an increased heart rate, tightness in the chest, feeling hot or flushed)
What is Physical Cues?
emotional consequence= These are the feelings experienced as a result of interpretations and beliefs concerning the event
What is the C in the ABCD model?
In "thought stopping" who tells you , “I need to stop thinking these thoughts. I will only get into trouble if I keep thinking this way,” or “Don’t buy into this situation,” or “Don’t go there.”
Who is me?
This phase is marked by an uncontrollable discharge of anger that is displayed as verbal or physical aggression
What is The explosion phase?
You use this to monitor your anger and to identify anger-provoking events and situations.
What is Check-In Procedure or Anger Meter?
Cue you do; e.g., clench your fists, raise your voice, stare at others
What is a Behavioral Cues?
This part of the model involves identifying any irrational beliefs and disputing them with more rational or realistic ways of looking at the activating event.
What does the "D" or Dispute mean in the ABCD model?
This misconception or myth about anger is that the way people express anger is inherited and cannot be changed. Evidence from research studies, however, indicates that people are not born with set and specific ways of expressing anger.
What is The Myth that anger is Inherited?
This phase is characterized by the negative consequences that result from the verbal or physical aggression displayed during the explosion phase.
What is The postexplosion phase?
This plan refers to the list of strategies you will identify to manage and control your anger.
What is your Anger Control Plan?
Cues that cause other feelings that may occur along with anger; e.g., fear, hurt, jealousy, disrespect
What is an Emotional Cues?
This model is used as a form of cognitive restructuring.
What is the ABCD Model?
This related myth involves the misconception that the only effective way to express anger is through aggression. There are other more constructive and assertive ways, however, to express anger.
What is the Myth that Anger Automatically Leads to Aggression?
This cycle serves as an integrative framework that incorporates the concepts of the anger meter, cues to anger, and the anger control plan.
What is The aggression cycle?
These 3 things can help you relax when you become stressed.
What is (this list can be identified as correct by instructor)?
his type of cue is what you think about in response to the event; e.g., hostile self-talk, images of aggression and revenge
What is a Cognitive Cues?