Resilience Characteristics Review

What is resilience?

• The ability to recover from, or adjust easily to, adversity or change.

• Giving up and not trying to make the situation better.

• Being inflexible and unwilling to change.

• Becoming sensitive and taking changes in the workplace personally.

What does it mean to have a Strong Identity in being resilient?

• A person believes they are able to face and overcome challenges

• They think they look good in their outfit

• A person feels as if they are the victim

• Lack of tools or support to overcome adversity

True or False: Optimism means to have a negative outlook in a situation

• True

• False

Are resilient people afraid of change?

• Yes, resilient people are afraid of change

• No, resilient people tend to embrace change and welcome it as a positive opportunity

Resilient people are likely to seek out and surround themselves with other resilient people, whether just for fun or when there’s a need for support. What is this called?

• Family

• School Clubs

• Support Group

• Supportive Friends

What is a strong moral compass?

• It tells you the direction of North, South, East, or West.

• A strong set of beliefs about doing the wrong thing.

• A strong set of beliefs about right and wrong and persevere because they feel that they are doing what is right.

• A strong set of beliefs about right and wrong and giving up when questions are hard.

A role model is...

• A person being photographed holding a bag of rolls from a local bakery

• A negative influential person to look up to who has experienced similar adversities

• A positive person to look up to who has experienced similar adversities

What is "persistence"? Does a resilient person have it?

• Giving up on a goal. Resilient people give up easily, so no.

• The ability to understand another's feelings and emotions. Yes.

• Sticking with something and not becoming frustrated and quitting. Yes, resilient people show persistence.

• Being afraid of change, no resilient people are not persistent.

Resilient people enjoy helping others and often end up doing public service.

• True

• False

Resilient people know that there will always be ______________ in life.

• adversity

• parties

• easy days

• hamburgers