ARMY MRT COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Is the Confirmation bias in our awarness? - ✔✔No
✔✔Problem Solving Step 1 - ✔✔What's the problem you're trying to solve? One needs
to be able to accurately and objectively describe the problem before one can start to
solve it. OBJECTIVE
✔✔Problem Solving Step 2 - ✔✔What caused the problem? One needs to identify the
initial thoughts about why the problem occurred. WHY
✔✔Problem Solving Step 3 - ✔✔What did you miss? One needs to use the Critical
Questions to identify the additional factors that might have caused the problem that
were missed initially FLEXIBILITY
✔✔Problem Solving Step 4 - ✔✔What's the evidence that each factor contributed to the
problem? One needs to accurately identify the true causes of the problem and work
against the Confirmation bias. ACCURACY
✔✔Problem Solving Step 5 - ✔✔What really caused the problem? One needs to have a
clear understanding of the multiple causes and identify which cause one can influence,
leverage, or control CLARITY AND CONTROL
✔✔Problem Solving Step 6 - ✔✔What can you do about it? One needs to identify the
actions one will take to help solve the problem by creating Action Statements.
POSITIVE CHANGE
✔✔How do we fight the confirmation bias? - ✔✔Write It Down
Ask fair questions to gather the evidence for and against your thoughts
Consult with others
, ✔✔M.O.S - ✔✔Measurable, Observable, Specific
✔✔When problem solving... Slow Down - ✔✔For problems that don't require more quick
solutions, slow down and get more information
✔✔Identify the cause of the problem - ✔✔Use Critical Q to identify causes that you
initially missed
✔✔Avoid the Confirmation Bias - ✔✔The Confirmation Bias can interfere with accuracy,
so work around it
✔✔What is the primary target of problem solving? - ✔✔Mental Agility
✔✔How do you use problem solving? - ✔✔By using the Critical Q from Thinking Traps
to identify the factors that caused the problem.
✔✔PIIP - ✔✔The MRT skill where we stop catastrophic thinking, reduce anxiety, and
improve problem solving by identifying the worst, best, and most likely outcomes of a
situation
✔✔What core competency does PIIP target? - ✔✔Optimism
✔✔Catastrophizing - ✔✔You waste critical energy rumination about the irrational worst
case outcomes of a situation which prevents you from taking purposeful action
✔✔Downward spiral - ✔✔An AE occurs and your brain starts to tell a story that gets
increasingly negative and improbable; A Runaway Train
✔✔Scattershot - ✔✔An AE occurs and you start thinking about many disconnected,
catastrophic events; SHOTGUN FIRE
✔✔Circling - ✔✔An AE occurs and your thoughts about one bad outcome keep
repeating; REVOLVING DOOR
✔✔Triggers of Catastrophic Thinking - ✔✔The situation is ambiguous
Something you value is highly at stake
You're run down or depleted
You already fear the situation
It is your first time doing something
✔✔HOW DO WE PIIP? - ✔✔1) DESCRIBE the activating event
2)CAPTURE worst case thoughts
3) GENERATE best case thoughts
4) IDENTIFY most likely outcomes
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Is the Confirmation bias in our awarness? - ✔✔No
✔✔Problem Solving Step 1 - ✔✔What's the problem you're trying to solve? One needs
to be able to accurately and objectively describe the problem before one can start to
solve it. OBJECTIVE
✔✔Problem Solving Step 2 - ✔✔What caused the problem? One needs to identify the
initial thoughts about why the problem occurred. WHY
✔✔Problem Solving Step 3 - ✔✔What did you miss? One needs to use the Critical
Questions to identify the additional factors that might have caused the problem that
were missed initially FLEXIBILITY
✔✔Problem Solving Step 4 - ✔✔What's the evidence that each factor contributed to the
problem? One needs to accurately identify the true causes of the problem and work
against the Confirmation bias. ACCURACY
✔✔Problem Solving Step 5 - ✔✔What really caused the problem? One needs to have a
clear understanding of the multiple causes and identify which cause one can influence,
leverage, or control CLARITY AND CONTROL
✔✔Problem Solving Step 6 - ✔✔What can you do about it? One needs to identify the
actions one will take to help solve the problem by creating Action Statements.
POSITIVE CHANGE
✔✔How do we fight the confirmation bias? - ✔✔Write It Down
Ask fair questions to gather the evidence for and against your thoughts
Consult with others
, ✔✔M.O.S - ✔✔Measurable, Observable, Specific
✔✔When problem solving... Slow Down - ✔✔For problems that don't require more quick
solutions, slow down and get more information
✔✔Identify the cause of the problem - ✔✔Use Critical Q to identify causes that you
initially missed
✔✔Avoid the Confirmation Bias - ✔✔The Confirmation Bias can interfere with accuracy,
so work around it
✔✔What is the primary target of problem solving? - ✔✔Mental Agility
✔✔How do you use problem solving? - ✔✔By using the Critical Q from Thinking Traps
to identify the factors that caused the problem.
✔✔PIIP - ✔✔The MRT skill where we stop catastrophic thinking, reduce anxiety, and
improve problem solving by identifying the worst, best, and most likely outcomes of a
situation
✔✔What core competency does PIIP target? - ✔✔Optimism
✔✔Catastrophizing - ✔✔You waste critical energy rumination about the irrational worst
case outcomes of a situation which prevents you from taking purposeful action
✔✔Downward spiral - ✔✔An AE occurs and your brain starts to tell a story that gets
increasingly negative and improbable; A Runaway Train
✔✔Scattershot - ✔✔An AE occurs and you start thinking about many disconnected,
catastrophic events; SHOTGUN FIRE
✔✔Circling - ✔✔An AE occurs and your thoughts about one bad outcome keep
repeating; REVOLVING DOOR
✔✔Triggers of Catastrophic Thinking - ✔✔The situation is ambiguous
Something you value is highly at stake
You're run down or depleted
You already fear the situation
It is your first time doing something
✔✔HOW DO WE PIIP? - ✔✔1) DESCRIBE the activating event
2)CAPTURE worst case thoughts
3) GENERATE best case thoughts
4) IDENTIFY most likely outcomes
