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CD Questions The answer to Question 1 is found in CD Track 1 of the Course Content. The Answer to Question 2 is found in CD Track 2 of the Course Content... and so on. Select correct answer from below. Place letter on the blank line before the corresponding question.
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Questions:

1. What were the five stressors outlined on Track 1?
2. What are the four questions involved in problem-focused thinking?
3. What are the four questions in solution-focused thinking?
4. What may you feel by asking why someone did or did not do something?
5. What are five resources regarding getting residents transported?
6. What are the 6 D’s, or early warning signs, of stress?
7. How does deep breathing help create a feeling of calm?
8. What are four benefits to talking about a stressor with someone else?
9. What is a negative self-fulfilling prophecy?
10. What are two basic components involved in eliciting a relaxation response?
11. How can positive self-talk reduce stress?
12. What are two ways to practice the “Little Sun” technique?
13. What did the sound experiments of Dorothy Rentallack reveal?
14. What is it important to remember about the energy you expend in your Creative Visualization?

Answers:

A.  By asking why, you may erroneously or incorrectly feel that somehow by asking why, you aid yourself in arriving at a how or steps to take to solve your problem. 
B.  There are two basic components involved in eliciting this relaxation response.  The first is using a mental focus, such as watching your breath.  The second basic component of the relaxation response is repeating a word, phrase, prayer, or sound; or using repetitive muscular activity to help you shift your mind away from everyday thoughts and worries. 
C. The 6 D’s are: 1. defensiveness; 2. depression; 3. disorganization; 4. defiance; 5. dependence; 6. decision-making difficulties.
D.  Hester was taken out of Bingo.  The CNA did not give yarn winding to Effie. Mary was not transported to the Bible study.  Harry slept through Men’s Discussion Group due to medication.  Helen could not attend Crafts because she was in Speech Therapy.
E.  Functional desk calendar or computer planning program; building relationships; celebrating staff birthdays; providing staff with cake; having volunteers visit residents in their rooms.
F. When you expect the worst, and therefore behave with anticipatory anxiety, creating tension, and getting stress responses from others, increasing the likelihood that the worst will happen.
G.  In positive self-talk, your words are not only descriptions of what you want to have happen, but possibly prescriptions of what will happen. Your words elicit emotional responses, and thus can be either a cure or a curse.
H. 1. What is the problem? 2. Why do I have this problem? 3. Whose fault is it? 4. What other difficulties has this problem caused?
I. Indian Raga music and Baroque classical music caused plants to bloom more quickly and healthfully than other forms of music.
J.  Helps to formulate thoughts into sentences in a coherent manner; knowing someone cares enough to listen; talking can replace acting impulsively; talking to someone you respect can lead to useful feedback and suggestions;  
K. 1. What do I want to have happen? 2. How can I achieve this? 3. What resources do I have? 4. What opportunities does this goal generate?
L. It is important not to feel like you are striving too hard or putting an excessive amount of energy into it. Striving or struggling will tend to hinder rather than help.
M.  1. Daily, with full concentration, for 2 to 3 minutes, with the goal of finding and opening your Little Sun; 2. frequently throughout the day, when stressed, quickly picturing your Little Sun beaming in the center of your chest
N. Deep breathing intentionally reverses the automatic process of holding your breath in response to a stressful situation.

"Instructor's Guide" Manual Questions The answer to Question 15 is found in Section 1 of the Course Content. The Answer to Question 16 is found in Section 2 of the Course Content... and so on. Select correct answer from below. The Section numbers below correspond with the Section number in the Manual in which the answer is found. Place letter on the blank line before the corresponding question.
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Questions

15. Section 1. To cope with a stressful situation, you need to take steps at what four major time periods?
16. Section 2. What are Ellis’s “ABCs of emotions”?
17. Section 3. What question might you ask yourself to help reduce your awfulizing?
18. Section 4. What are the four essential self-talk elements to coping with a stressful situation?
19. Section 5. What are four steps you can take to organize your worries?
20. Section 6. What are four ways you can work through your worries?
21. Section 7.  What are two humor-based techniques for dealing with worries?
22. Section 8.  How does the author define assertive behavior?
23. Section 9.  What five non-verbal messages should you check when role-playing your assertiveness?
24. Section 10.  What are three suggestions Elkin makes to start your workday unstressed?
25. Section 11.  What is one way you can de-stress your workspace?
26. Section 12.  What are three kinds of helping addicts?

Answers

A.  To work through your worries, you might 1. distract yourself; 2. take a walk; 3. get moving!, or 4. talk about it.
B. Will I remember this event three years from now?
C. When role-playing assertiveness, you should check that you are 1. facing the other person from a normal distance; 2. looking directly at the other person without starting; 3. keeping you head erect and body relaxed; 4. leaning towards the other person; and 5. speaking distinctly and firmly.
D. Go to bed on time, get up a tad earlier, and eat breakfast.
E. Use a headset for your telephone so that you can free up your hands.
F. Exaggerate, and play sitcom.
G. Activating events, Beliefs, and emotional Consequences.
H. Assertive behavior means standing up for your personal rights and expressing your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs in direct, honest, and helpful ways, which do not violate the
rights of others.
I. The Super-Helper, the Empty Pot, and the You-First-er.
J. Prepare for the stressful situation, cope with feelings as they start to build, cope with feelings as they start to overwhelm, cope when the feelings have passed.
K. 1. Schedule a time to worry; 2. find a place to worry; 3. assess options, alternatives, and solutions; and 4. become your own Worry Wizard.
L. Verbally correct your thinking errors, tell yourself to put the stress in perspective, relax yourself, problem solve.