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Coping Skills/MHS
Coping Skills Class Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Optimist | A person who sees the positive side of a situation. |
| Pessimist | A person who sees the negative side of situations. |
| Introvert | A person who may be shy or likes to keep to themselves. (Think "IN") |
| Extrovert | A person who is outgoing, easily speaks to new people, likes to be around people and socialize. |
| Resilience | The ability to bounce back from a situation. |
| Empathy | Feeling what someone else might feel in a situation; like walking in their shoes. |
| Body Language | Facial Expressions, posture and gestures that communicate meaning |
| Nonverbal communication | Communicating with out words; includes body language and voice tone. |
| Active Listening | Being involved in listening process, uses the whole body, not just ears. |
| Posture | The way a person holds themselves- standing or sitting. |
| Gestures | Hand, arm or other body movement that sends a message. |
| Auditory | related to hearing |
| Persona | Different sides of one's personality that may be used for different situations |
| Motivation | What makes you act the way you do |
| Procrastinate | Putting off actions often resulting in doing things at the last minute |
| Self esteem | The value you have for yourself. |
| Instigate | Cause something to happen-"Open the gate" |
| Rephrase | Put something in your own words, sum it up. |
| Reflect (the feeling) | State how the other person may feel in a situation. |
| Repeat | Say the information back to the person, like a parrot. |
| Personality | feelings, thoughts and actions that makes a person unique (one of a kind) |