Master Resilience Training FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>

Master Resilience Training FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS &lt;RECENT VERSION&gt; 1. Self-Awareness (Definition of the competency) - ANSWER Identify thoughts, emotions, and behaviors Identify patterns in thinking and behavior Be open and curious 2. Self-Regulation (Definition of the competency) - ANSWER Regulate impulses, emotions, physiology, and behaviors to achieve goals Express emotions appropriately Stop counterproductive thinking 3. Optimism (definition of the competency) - ANSWER Hunt for what is good Fight the Negativity Bias Remain realistic Identify what is controllable Maintain hope Have confidence in self and team 4. Mental Agility (Definition of the competency) - ANSWER Think flexibly, accurately, and thoroughly (FAT) Take other perspectives Identify and understand problems Be willing to try new strategies 5. Strength of Character (Definition of the competency) - ANSWER Know your top character strengths and how to use them to overcome challenges and meet goals Have faith in one's character strengths, talents, and abilities Demonstrate an "I am strong" attitude 6. Connection (Definition of the competency) - ANSWER Build strong relationships Use positive and effective communication Develop empathy, tracking Be willing to ask for help Support others 7. Primary Competency of Goal Setting - ANSWER Self-Regulation 8. Goal Setting - ANSWER An MRT skill which is a process to deliberately energize, direct, and sustain behavior to sustain progress toward a goal 9. Internal Motivation - ANSWER Motivators that drive an individual to engage in an activity not simply for the enjoyment of the activity, but is still determined by the person; examples including valuing the outcome of a behavior or self-identity 10. Intrinsic Motivation - ANSWER Engaging in an activity for its inherent satisfaction; the activity itself is enjoyable 11. Instrumental Motivation - ANSWER Motivators that drive an individual to engage in an activity, not because it is enjoyable, but because it leads to certain outcomes; examples include rewards and punishment or avoiding shame/guilt 12. Rewards/Punishment (Source of Motivation) - ANSWER An instrumental motivator; rewards are provided to reinforce a desired behavior and/or punishments are provided to deter behaviors that aren't desired 13. Mental Cue - ANSWER A word or phrase you say to yourself that reminds you what you need to do to get yourself out of a Thinking Trap 14. 3 Indicators that you might need to detect an iceberg - ANSWER 1. Emotions and Reactions that are out of proportion to what you're thinking in the heat of the moment 2. Your emotions or reactions surprises or confuses you (T-C Disconnect) 3. You notice strong Thinking Trap patterns 15. "What Questions" - ANSWER the type of questions to ask to guide you deeper toward understanding your iceberg (core value/core belief) that is driving your emotions and reactions 16. Aha moment - ANSWER A moment of realization when you understand your core value or belief that is driving your emotions and reactions; when your iceberg explains your emotions and reactions 17. Primary Competency of Problem Solving - ANSWER Mental Agility 18. Problem Solving - ANSWER An MRT skill used to accurately identify what caused the problem and identify solution strategies 19. Confirmation Bias - ANSWER The tendency to notice, remember, and put more value on the evidence that supports our beliefs while not noticing, not remembering, and not putting value on the evidence that contradicts our beliefs; also known as the Velcro/Teflon Effect 20. Icebergs - ANSWER Core Values and/or Core Beliefs that are connected to how we think the world should be or how the world is; assumptions we have about ourselves and others 21. Problem Solving - Step 1 - ANSWER What's the problem you're trying to solve? 22. Problem Solving - Step 2 - ANSWER What caused the problem? 23. Problem Solving - Step 3 - ANSWER What did you miss? 24. Problem Solving - Step 4 - ANSWER What's the evidence that each factor contributed to the problem? 25. Problem Solving - Step 5 - ANSWER What really caused the problem? 26. Problem Solving - Step 6 - ANSWER What can you do about it? 27. Problem Solving - Step 1 (Key Word) - ANSWER Objective 28. Problem Solving - Step 2 (Key Word) - ANSWER Why 29. Problem Solving - Step 3 (Key Word) - ANSWER Flexibility 30. Problem Solving - Step 4 (Key Word) - ANSWER Accuracy 31. Problem Solving - Step 5 (Key Word) - ANSWER Clarity and Control 32. Problem Solving - Step 6 (Key Word) - ANSWER Positive Change 33. Primary Competency of Put it in Perspective (PIIP) - ANSWER Optimism 34. Put it in Perspective (PIIP) - ANSWER An MRT skill used to stop catastrophic thinking, reduce anxiety, and improve problem solving by capturing Worst Case thoughts, generating Best Case thoughts, identifying the Most Likely Outcomes of a situation, and developing a plan to deal with the Most Likely outcomes 35. Catastrophizing - ANSWER When you waste critical energy ruminating about the irrational worst case outcomes of a situation, which prevents you from taking purposeful action 36. Thinking Trap - ANSWER An overly rigid pattern in thinking that can cause us to miss critical information about a situation or individual 37. Downward Spiral - ANSWER Style of catastrophizing in which your brain tells a story that gets increasingly negative and improbable, causing you to get increasingly anxious as the story goes on 38. Scattershot - ANSWER Style of catastrophizing in which you start thinking about many disconnected catastrophic events 39. Circling - ANSWER Style of catastrophizing in which your thoughts about one bad outcome keep repeating without necessarily getting more negative 40. Triggers of Catastrophic Thinking - ANSWER The situation is ambiguous Something you value highly is at stake You're run down or depleted You already fear the situation It is your first time doing something 41. The goal of PIIP - ANSWER To lower anxiety so that you can accurately assess the situation and deal with it; NOT to deny real problems or take away anxiety completely 42. PIIP Step 1 - ANSWER Describe the Activating Event 43. PIIP Step 2 - ANSWER Capture Worst Case Thoughts 44. PIIP Step 3 - ANSWER Generate Best Case Thoughts 45. PIIP Step 4 - ANSWER Identify Most Likely Outcomes 46. PIIP Step 5 - ANSWER Develop a Plan for Most Likely Outcomes 47. Primary Competency of Mental Games - ANSWER Self-Regulation 48. Mental Games - ANSWER An MRT skill used to change the focus away from counterproductive thinking to enable greater concentration and focus on the task at hand 49. Criteria for an effective Mental Game - ANSWER Fun Challenging Quick Require full attention 50. Primary Competency of Real-Time Resilience (RTR) - ANSWER Optimism 51. Real-Time Resilience (RTR) - ANSWER An MRT skill used to shut down counterproductive thinking, enabling greater concentration and focus on the task at hand 52. 3 Strategies to fight back against counterproductive thoughts (RTR) - ANSWER Evidence, Optimism, Put it in Perspective 53. Dismissing the Grain of Truth - ANSWER Pitfall Response; Lying to yourself, ignoring reality 54. Minimizing the Situation - ANSWER Pitfall Response; Pretending like it's not important, downplaying it, juvenile response 55. Rationalizing or Excusing One's Contribution - ANSWER Pitfall Response; Blaming someone else, passing the buck 56. Gut check - ANSWER Used to determine whether or not an RTR response is strong enough to knock out a counterproductive thought; we know "in our gut" if our response is effective or not 57. Evidence Sentence Starter - ANSWER That's not completely true because... 58. Optimism Sentence Starter - ANSWER A more optimistic way of seeing this is... 59. Put it in Perspective Sentence Starter - ANSWER The most likely implication is... 60. Signature Character Strengths - ANSWER The character strengths that we use most often. When we use these strengths, we feel like we are being true to ourselves and we feel energized. 61. Shadow Sides of character strengths - ANSWER When we overuse a signature character strength, or use the strength at the wrong time/in the wrong context. 62. 3 Criteria for a Signature Character Strength - ANSWER 1. Feel like you're being true to yourself when using the strength 2. Feel energized when using the strength 3. Motivation to use the strength comes from within 63. 6 Virtue Categories for character strengths - ANSWER Wisdom and Knowledge Courage Humanity Justice Temperance Transcendence 64. True or False: You can develop a character strength if you are deliberate about using the strength - ANSWER True 65. True or False: People who have the character strength of Leadership as a Signature Character Strength are more effective leaders. - ANSWER False. (We are more effective leaders when we use our own Signature Character Strengths in our leadership style) 66. Primary Competency of Assertive Communication - ANSWER Connection 67. True or False: We should be flexible in our communication style. - ANSWER True (We need to be flexible depending on the situation and the person we are communicating with) 68. 3 C's of Assertive Communication - ANSWER Confident Clear Controlled 69. True or False: It is possible to send unintended unspoken messages while communicating with someone - ANSWER True 70. True or False: "It's my way or the highway" could be an iceberg that could cause someone to get stuck communicating aggressively across many situations with many different people. - ANSWER True 71. I in the IDEAL model - ANSWER Identify and understand the problem 72. D in the IDEAL Model - ANSWER Describe the problem objectively and accurately 73. E in the IDEAL Model - ANSWER Express your concerns and how you feel (when appropriate) 74. A in the IDEAL Model - ANSWER Ask the other person for his/her perspective AND Ask for reasonable change 75. L in the IDEAL Model - ANSWER List the positive outcomes that will occur if the agreed upon change is made 76. True or False: We need to follow the steps in the IDEAL Model in order - ANSWER False (The I should always come first, but the DEAL can be in any order) 77. True or False: You should only list positive outcomes at the end of an assertive conversation, never list potential negative outcomes or punishments - ANSWER False (You can list both positive and negative outcomes, although positive outcomes tend to be more motivating) 78. True or False: We should always communicate assertively, in every conversation that we have - ANSWER False (We need to be flexible. Assertive Communication is important, however, when there is an issue that needs to be addressed and we want to maintain the relationship.) 79. True or False: Assertive Communication is a skill not a personality style. Anyone can learn to be assertive. - ANSWER True 80. Effective Praise - ANSWER When we recognize someone doing something good, and we name the specific strategy, process, or behavior that led to the good outcome 81. True or False: We should effectively praise every behavior. - ANSWER False (Only praise what is praiseworthy) 82. 3 things that Effective Praise does - ANSWER 1. Demonstrates that you were watching 2. Demonstrates authenticity 3. Enables winning streaks 83. Active Constructive Responding - ANSWER When someone chooses to share good news with us and we respond with authentic interest and allow the other person to elaborate on the good experience 84. Passive Constructive Responding - ANSWER Low energy, distracted response, ex: "Oh cool, that's nice... good for you." 85. Passive Destructive Response - ANSWER Ignoring the event; shifting focus to self or other topics, the one upper. 86. Active Destructive Reponse - ANSWER Squashing the good news, pointing out all the negative aspects 87. Joy Multiplier - ANSWER Active Constructive Response 88. Joy Thief - ANSWER Active Destructive Response 89. Conversation Hijacker - ANSWER Passive Destructive Response 90. Conversation Killer - ANSWER Passive Constructive Response 91. True or False: Active Destructive Responding is the worst of the 4 styles of responding - ANSWER False (All three other than Active Constructive are equally as bad)