MRT Level 1 Test questions with verified answers
Active Constructing Responses Ans✓✓-Authentic interest
Elaborates the experience
Shares the joy
JOY MULTIPLIER
Active Destructive Responses Ans✓✓-squashing the event
negative focus
poking holes in someones good news
JOY THIEF
Always, Always, Always Ans✓✓-The thinking trap where you believe that
negative events are unchangeable and that you have little or no control over
them; time (always going to be an issue); leads to helplessness
Always, Always, Always: Mental Cue and Critical Q Ans✓✓-Grab control: What's
changeable? What can I control?
APPRECIATING WHAT YOU HAVE RECIEVED Ans✓✓-GRATITUDE/GIVING BACK
Are thinking traps hard to change? Ans✓✓-Yes
Assertive Communication Ans✓✓-The MRT skill that is used when you want to
address a problem or an issue in a way that respects the other person and
strengthens the relationship
,Assertive Communication Key Principles Ans✓✓-Takes practice
Flexibility: adjust your style of communicating to the situation/person
Skill, not personality: Assertive communication is a skill
Re-Engage: Take a break from the conversation
Avoid the Confirmation Bias Ans✓✓-The Confirmation Bias can interfere with
accuracy, so work around it
Benefits of Goal Setting Ans✓✓-Activate
Direct
Sustain
Adjust
Benefits of HTGS Ans✓✓-Builds positive emotions, optimism, and gratitude
Counteracts the Negativity bias
Better health, sleep
Lower depression and greater life satisfaction
More optimal performance
Better relationships
C.S.: Challenges and Leadership Ans✓✓-The MRT skill where you use your C.S. to
overcome challenges, increase team effectiveness, and strengthen your
leadership
, C.S.: Challenges and Leadership KEY POINTS Ans✓✓-Useful in challenges: use CS
to successfully overcome challenges
Useful as a leader: CS will make you more effective
Useful as a team: increase effectiveness of the team
Catastrophizing Ans✓✓-You waste critical energy rumination about the irrational
worst case outcomes of a situation which prevents you from taking purposeful
action
Catastrophizing depletes energy Ans✓✓-Catastrophizing depletes energy, stops
problem solving, and generates unhelpful anxiety
Character Strengths are the Be in the... Ans✓✓-Be..Know..Do Model
Circling Ans✓✓-An AE occurs and your thoughts about one bad outcome keep
repeating; REVOLVING DOOR
Common Pitfalls of RTR Ans✓✓-Dismissing the grain of truth
Minimizing the situation
Rationalizing or excusing one's contribution to a problem
Confirmation Bias Ans✓✓-a tendency to search for information that confirms
one's strongly held beliefs; it is hard to change our minds
Core Competency of Thinking Traps Ans✓✓-mental agility
Active Constructing Responses Ans✓✓-Authentic interest
Elaborates the experience
Shares the joy
JOY MULTIPLIER
Active Destructive Responses Ans✓✓-squashing the event
negative focus
poking holes in someones good news
JOY THIEF
Always, Always, Always Ans✓✓-The thinking trap where you believe that
negative events are unchangeable and that you have little or no control over
them; time (always going to be an issue); leads to helplessness
Always, Always, Always: Mental Cue and Critical Q Ans✓✓-Grab control: What's
changeable? What can I control?
APPRECIATING WHAT YOU HAVE RECIEVED Ans✓✓-GRATITUDE/GIVING BACK
Are thinking traps hard to change? Ans✓✓-Yes
Assertive Communication Ans✓✓-The MRT skill that is used when you want to
address a problem or an issue in a way that respects the other person and
strengthens the relationship
,Assertive Communication Key Principles Ans✓✓-Takes practice
Flexibility: adjust your style of communicating to the situation/person
Skill, not personality: Assertive communication is a skill
Re-Engage: Take a break from the conversation
Avoid the Confirmation Bias Ans✓✓-The Confirmation Bias can interfere with
accuracy, so work around it
Benefits of Goal Setting Ans✓✓-Activate
Direct
Sustain
Adjust
Benefits of HTGS Ans✓✓-Builds positive emotions, optimism, and gratitude
Counteracts the Negativity bias
Better health, sleep
Lower depression and greater life satisfaction
More optimal performance
Better relationships
C.S.: Challenges and Leadership Ans✓✓-The MRT skill where you use your C.S. to
overcome challenges, increase team effectiveness, and strengthen your
leadership
, C.S.: Challenges and Leadership KEY POINTS Ans✓✓-Useful in challenges: use CS
to successfully overcome challenges
Useful as a leader: CS will make you more effective
Useful as a team: increase effectiveness of the team
Catastrophizing Ans✓✓-You waste critical energy rumination about the irrational
worst case outcomes of a situation which prevents you from taking purposeful
action
Catastrophizing depletes energy Ans✓✓-Catastrophizing depletes energy, stops
problem solving, and generates unhelpful anxiety
Character Strengths are the Be in the... Ans✓✓-Be..Know..Do Model
Circling Ans✓✓-An AE occurs and your thoughts about one bad outcome keep
repeating; REVOLVING DOOR
Common Pitfalls of RTR Ans✓✓-Dismissing the grain of truth
Minimizing the situation
Rationalizing or excusing one's contribution to a problem
Confirmation Bias Ans✓✓-a tendency to search for information that confirms
one's strongly held beliefs; it is hard to change our minds
Core Competency of Thinking Traps Ans✓✓-mental agility
