Page 44 - Unit 8: Signs of Stress

Questions for Unit 8: Signs of Stress
Brain Needs Answers

1.
In what ways might a person respond when their needs are not met well?
1. The 3 main categories of needs are:

➢ Physical (basic physical & sensory),
2. What are some ways in which people might meet their need to feel capable
➢ Emotional (People Around Me & World Around Me)
and get a sense of achievement in less helpful ways? (Dopamine)

➢ Learning needs (the fancy term being Executive Function Skills) and

the six related skills (Control Centre Skills 2).
3. What are ways in which people might meet their need to feel

connected in less helpful ways? (Oxytocin)
2. The 6 Physical needs: water, food, sleep, pain free, right

temperature, physical exercise (feeling fit).

4. What are ways in ways in which people might meet their need to feel

important in less helpful ways? (Serotonin)
3. The 6 Sensory needs: light, sound, proprioception, smell, tactile,
level of interest.

5. What are ways in ways in which people might meet their need to feel on a
4. The 6 People Around Me needs: cared for and supported by adults;
high in less helpful ways (endorphins)?
liked by peers; sense of belonging; feeling I count and am an important

part of the group; feeling ok and accepted as the person I am; feeling
6. Name and describe the 5 mobilizing stress responses and the 2 immobilizing
listened to and understood.
stress responses.