Anger Management

The three main approaches to managing anger are expressing, suppressing, and _________.

• calming

• asserting

• empathizing

What is the definition of the word “aggression”?

• A tendency to be hostile or quarrelsome.

• Learning to control and manage the emotion of anger; managing your anger so it comes out in a healthy and constructive way.

• A reflection of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with current emotional skills and abilities.

• The ability to clearly communicate personal thoughts and feelings.

What is the definition of the term “anger management”?

• A tendency to be hostile or quarrelsome.

• A reflection of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with current emotional skills and abilities.

• The ability to clearly communicate personal thoughts and feelings.

• Learning to control and manage the emotion of anger; managing your anger so it comes out in a healthy and constructive way.

What is the definition of the word “assertion”?

• The ability to clearly communicate personal thoughts and feelings.

• A tendency to be hostile or quarrelsome.

• Learning to control and manage the emotion of anger; managing your anger so it comes out in a healthy and constructive way.

• A reflection of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with current emotional skills and abilities.

_________ is recognition of the need to make personal changes by expanding skills and improving relationships.

• Passive-aggressive behavior

• Deference

• Change orientation

• Suppression

_________ is the degree to which a person uses a communication style or pattern that is indirect and effectual for accurate expression of thought and feeling.

• Empathy

• Deference

• Passive-aggressive behavior

• Suppression

_________ is the ability to sense, understand, and accept another person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

• Empathy

• Deference

• Passive-aggressive behavior

• Suppression

Passive-aggressive behavior is ___________.

• getting back at people indirectly without telling them why, rather than confronting them

• being quiet, then yelling

• doing nothing, then starting a fist fight

• using assertion in an aggressive way

___________ means to prevent or restrain expression of a feeling or idea.

• Oppress

• Repress

• Impress

• Suppress