Master Resilience Training (MRT) Questions
And Answers.
*CORE COMPETENCIES* - ✔️✔️✔️
What are the 6 Core Competencies to MRT? - ✔️✔️✔️1) Self-Awareness
2) Self-Regulation
3) Optimism
4) Mental Agility
5) Strengths of Character
6) Connection
A person who is willing to take calculated, necessary risks, and to capitalize on opportunity
is what type of person? - ✔️✔️✔️A resilient person
What is the definition of resilience? - ✔️✔️✔️The ability to *grow and thrive* in the face
of challenges and *bounce back* from adversity.
What are some examples of myths about resilience? - ✔️✔️✔️- Never show emotion
- Only about the individual
- Must handle everything on your own
- Always act fast
- Always fully composed
- You have it or you don't
- Resilient people never burn out
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Which core competency is being described?
The ability to identify your thoughts, emotions, behaviors and physiology, particularly
counterproductive patterns; remaining open and curious. - ✔️✔️✔️Self-awareness
Which core competency is being described?
The ability to regulate impulses, emotions, and behaviors in order to achieve goals;
expressing emotions appropriately and stopping counterproductive thinking. - ✔️✔️✔
️Self-regulation
Which core competency is being described?
The ability to hunt for what is good while remaining realistic, maintain hope and confidence,
and fighting the negativity bias; focusing on what is controllable as opposed to what is not
controllable; have faith in self and team. - ✔️✔️✔️Optimism
Remember it's a *style of thinking*
What are some advantages to being an optimistic thinker as opposed to a pessimistic
thinker? - ✔️✔️✔️- Happier, less depression
- Healthier (*live 9 to 10 years longer!)
- Are seen as better leaders
- Have stronger relationships
- Do better in sports and perform better under pressure
- Are more successful in school and work
Which core competency is being described?
The ability to take other perspective and think FAT (flexibly, accurately, and thoroughly)
about situations; the willingness to try new strategies when current ones aren't working. - ✔
️✔️✔️Mental Agility
Which core competency is being described?
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Knowing your top Character Strengths and how to use them; identifying and cultivating the
Character Strengths in others. - ✔️✔️✔️Strengths of Character
Which core competency is being described?
Creating strong relationships; communicating positively and effectively; developing
empathy and being willing to give help and seek help. - ✔️✔️✔️Connection
*14 MRT SKILLS* - ✔️✔️✔️
Which MRT skill is a process to *deliberately* energize, direct, and sustain behavior to
ensure progress? - ✔️✔️✔️Goal Setting
Which core competency is built by Goal Setting? - ✔️✔️✔️Self-regulation
What type of motivation would you be using if the task at hand is enjoyable? - ✔️✔️✔
️Intrinsic
What type of motivation would you be using if you were using rewards/punishments or
guilt/shame as a source or motivation? - ✔️✔️✔️Instrumental
What type of motivation would you be using if your source of motivation is valuing the
behavior or self-identifying with the behavior? - ✔️✔️✔️Internal
Which type of motivation (Instrumental or Internal) has the greatest benefits? - ✔️✔️✔
️Internal;
It decreases anxiety, enhances concentration, increases positive emotion, increases effort
and persistence, provides satisfaction, and fulfills the need for autonomy.
What are the 4 benefits to goal setting? - ✔️✔️✔️Activate behavior
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