Response Inhibition and Thinking Through the Choices

In the elementary school versions ("Lower" and "Upper" Elementary) of the BeCool series, "Response Inhibition" and the "Thinking Through the Choices" (reflective thinking) are modeled by the BeCool actors and actresses right before they choose a COOL response. After "Thinking Through" the negative choice of a COLD or HOT response, and after giving themselves time to get in control, they make the decision to BeCool. This process of "thinking through the choices" should be practiced intensively during the roleplay portions of each lesson. The purpose of "thinking through the choices" is to interrupt or stop the automatic self-defeating COLD or HOT response.