Anger Management 101

1. What are the behavioral signs you may be angry?

Yelling & throwing things

Laughing

Exercising

Drinking lots of water

2. What are the physical signs that you may be angry?

Increased heart rate

Chills

Low blood pressure

Hair loss

3. By the time the average American child completes elementary school he/she will have watched more than 100,000 acts of what?

Kindness

Murders

Theft

Violence

4. Which of the following techniques works to control the anger response?

Excessive eating

Sleeping

Brain imaging

Exercise

5. What may be a factor that enhances aggression in children?

Spending too much time with family

Seeking attention from loved ones

Media violence

Participating in aggressive sports

6. What does the Social Learning Theory of Anger suggests?

People learn to behave aggressively due to increase levels of testosterone

People learn to behave aggressively due to bad parenting

People learn to behave aggressively by observing aggressive models and by having aggressive behavior reinforced

People learn to behave aggressively due to emotional needs not being met

7. What is a good indicator you need help with anger?

Thinking about the consequences of acting out aggressively

Doing things you later regret

Looking for reasons to act out

Spending a lot of time exercising

8. What is one of the best predictors of how aggressive a young man would be at 19 years-old?

Violence of TV programs he preferred when he was 8 years-old

How successful he was in high school

If his parents got in trouble with the law for violent acts

If he was an only child

9. What are two commonly used methods to minimize anger?

Exercise & Eating

Deep breathing & Meditation

Psychotherapy & Surgery

Time outs & Self-talk

10. What is one of the best ways to understand how you habitually respond to anger?

Ask friends for feedback

Ignore all possible behavior

Monitor anger

None of the above