Monday, August 24th, 2009

Anger Management

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1) Who is the most likely to get angry?

2) What makes the front mad?

3) Who is most likely to front when something angers the front runners?

4) How do people express their anger?

5) Do people tend to hold onto anger or just let it go?
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Monday, May 18th, 2009

Fill-ins

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1) The sun is shining and the temperature is perfect. You have the whole afternoon. __________ comes to the front and ________________________.

2) After a long stressful day, you finally get time to wind down. ______________ wants to ____________ but ____________ wants to ________________ instead. After _________________________, the front runners decide to ________________________.

3) ______________________________ went to the library and took out three favorite books: ___________________, __________________________, and ________________________.

4) You are out at a restaurant with friends. Lots of front runners like the food. ______________________ wants _______________________. _________________ really wants ________________. The the matter is decided by _________________________________.

5) You get to meet any household you've read or talked to on-line. People decided to meet _______________________ because ______________________________.
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Bothersome

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Thanks to Chorus for help with this week's topic.

1) Is there anyone in the household who really bothers someone else?

2) What do people do when/if that happens?

3) Is there anything/anyone that/who particularly bothers one/some/all of the front runners?

4) What do people do when walking away is just not possible?

5) What is the one thing that drives one/some/all of the front runners nuts?
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Monday, March 16th, 2009

Week Five of Five

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5) What is the most helpful and/or successful coping strategy people employ? Why is it so helpful? Is it one the front runners use a lot? If people could mix less useful and more useful coping strategies, which features would they combine? After five weeks of more in-depth questions, which one(s) were the most interesting? Which ones were the hardest to answer? What has been the most interesting conversation these questions have sparked among people?
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Monday, March 9th, 2009

Week Four of Five

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4) What is least useful coping mechanism any of the front runners use? Who uses it? Why? Which coping mechanism seems most helpful in the front? Who is most likely to use that one? If the same person uses both, why not use the most useful all the time? IF different people use different ones, why not try to get the person who is best at coping with problems/upset in the front to come to the front when there are problems/upset? Are the coping mechanisms people use in the front similar to or different from the ones used inside? Are the coping mechanisms front runners use now substantially different from the ones used on the past? How are they different or not different? If people could change the coping mechanisms they use, what changes would be made?
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Week Four of Five

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4) What is least useful coping mechanism any of the front runners use? Who uses it? Why? Which coping mechanism seems most helpful in the front? Who is most likely to use that one? If the same person uses both, why not use the most useful all the time? IF different people use different ones, why not try to get the person who is best at coping with problems/upset in the front to come to the front when there are problems/upset? Are the coping mechanisms people use in the front similar to or different from the ones used inside? Are the coping mechanisms front runners use now substantially different from the ones used on the past? How are they different or not different? IF people could change the coping mechanisms they use, what changes would be made?
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