Anger Management Theories & Techniques Flashcards
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Which theoretical model views anger as arising from a mismatch between what a person expects and what actually occurs?
Answer: Expectancy violation theory
Expectancy violation theory posits that anger emerges when real outcomes deviate significantly from anticipated ones.
In dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which skill module most directly targets anger regulation?
Answer: Emotion regulation
The emotion regulation module in DBT teaches clients to identify, understand, and change intense emotional responses including anger.
A client repeatedly interprets neutral facial expressions as hostile. This illustrates which cognitive concept?
Answer: Hostile attribution bias
Hostile attribution bias is the tendency to perceive ambiguous cues as threatening or aggressive, a core cognitive driver of chronic anger.
Which physiological technique works by activating the parasympathetic nervous system to counteract anger arousal?
Answer: Progressive muscle relaxation
Progressive muscle relaxation reduces sympathetic nervous system activation and promotes parasympathetic dominance, lowering anger-related arousal.
According to Aaron Beck's cognitive model, what is the term for automatic negative thoughts that fuel anger?
Answer: Hot cognitions
Hot cognitions are rapid, emotion-laden automatic thoughts that Beck identified as immediately preceding and intensifying anger responses.
Which anger management approach focuses on changing the meaning a person assigns to a provocative event rather than the event itself?
Answer: Cognitive reappraisal
Cognitive reappraisal involves reinterpreting the significance or meaning of a triggering event to alter the emotional response it produces.
The 'stress inoculation' component of Novaco's anger treatment involves which sequence?
Answer: Cognitive preparation → skill acquisition → application practice
Novaco's stress inoculation follows cognitive preparation, skill building, and graduated application to real or imagined provocations.