Lesson 1: Objectives

Students will:

1. Identify what self-anger is and why people become angry at themselves
2. Identify negative consequences of HOT and COLD responses to self-anger due to a broken agreement.
3. identify the LOOKING, THINKING, and ACTING elements of a COOL response to self-anger.
4. Demonstrate understanding of why the COOL response of using the 4-Step Assertion Plan can be effective when dealing with self-anger.
5. identify the four steps of the 4-Step Assertion Plan.
6. identify benefits of using the BeCool response to self-anger.
7. Recall and model the three steps of the BeCool response to self-agree: LOOK COOL, THINK COOL and ACT COOL using the 4-Step Assertion Plan.
8. Identify additional courses of action that are available if the BeCool response doesn't work

Optional Objectives:

9. Recognize the perceptual-cognitive styles of HOT, COLD and cool responses to self-anger.
10. Identify the LOOKING, THINKING, and ACTING elements of HOT and cold responses to self-anger
11. Recall and model the LOOKING, THINKING, and ACTING elements of HOT and COLD responses to self-anger.