Life Skills: Self-Regulation, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Awareness

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts of self-regulation, social interactions, self-acceptance, cognitive distortions/unhelpful thinking styles, and dimensions of self-awareness.

Self-Regulation

The ability to control one's thoughts, feelings, and behavior in order to achieve long-term goals.

Emotional Self-Regulation

A aspect of self-regulation that specifically entails thinking before acting and managing erratic emotions and impulses.

Behavioral Choice Options

The three options available in every situation: approach, avoidance, and attack.

Social Dynamics

How people connect, influence, and interact with one another in different situations, including families, groups, and communities.

Social Influence

How other people affect an individual's behavior, decisions, or attitudes.

Social Perception

How individuals form impressions or judgments about others.

Social Interaction

The actual communication and exchanges individuals have with others.

Cooperation

Working together with others to achieve a common goal.

Accommodation

Adjusting or compromising to maintain harmony in a relationship or group.

Competition

Trying to outperform others to achieve success.

Conflict

A clash of interests or disagreement between people.

Intergenerational Relationships

Connections formed between people of different age groups.

Intergroup Relationships

How different groups interact and work together.

Conflict Perceptions (Melamed and Reiman)

The perspective that conflict often stems from differing perceptions rather than objective truths.

Collaboration

Working together toward common goals, which fosters trust, belonging, shared purpose, and emotional resilience.

Self-Acceptance

Embracing all aspects of oneself, including emotions, strengths, weaknesses, and mistakes, while appreciating who you are in the present moment.

Self-Improvement

Focusing on making changes or developing new skills, distinct from appreciating oneself in the present moment.

Emotional Reasoning

An unhelpful thinking style where one assumes that because they feel a certain way, what they think must be true.

Magnification and Minimization

An unhelpful thinking style involving blowing things out of proportion (catastrophizing) or inappropriately shrinking something to make it seem less important.

Overgeneralizing

An unhelpful thinking style where one sees a pattern based upon a single event or draws overly broad conclusions.

Labelling

An unhelpful thinking style that involves assigning fixed labels to oneself or other people.

Jumping to Conclusions

An unhelpful thinking style involving imagining one knows what others are thinking (mind reading) or predicting the future (fortune telling).

Mental Filter

An unhelpful thinking style of focusing only on certain types of evidence, such as noting failures while ignoring successes.

Disqualifying the Positive

An unhelpful thinking style where one discounts good experiences or achievements for some reason.

All or Nothing Thinking

An unhelpful thinking style of viewing situations in black-and-white extremes without middle ground.

Personalization

An unhelpful thinking style of taking full responsibility or blaming oneself for something not completely their fault, or blaming others for one's own fault.

Should / Must Statements

An unhelpful thinking style using critical words like 'should,' 'must,' or 'ought,' which creates guilt, frustration, or a sense of failure.

Growth Mindset

Recognizing that you are worthy of love, respect, and growth, regardless of where you start.

Self-Awareness

Focusing awareness on oneself, including the ability to notice feelings, physical sensations, reactions, habits, behaviors, thoughts, and intuition.

Private Self-Awareness

Looking inward to recognize and understand one's internal states, such as thoughts and emotions.

Public Self-Awareness

Looking outward to remain conscious of how others perceive you and how your behavior aligns with social norms.