The traffic light has been built with the intention of ordering traffic in large cities so that both pedestrians and motorists can coexist in a state of harmony. It is clear that human beings learn from stimuli that they understand throughout life, otherwise, everything would be a great chaos. In turn, countless discussions, fights, mistreatment and significant deregulations could arise that would endanger coexistence between people. The same occurs with children who try to understand their feelings in situations that cause them high levels of discomfort, anxiety, anger and/or anguish. Given this, there is an effective methodology that tries to provide an answer to this type of difficulty.
In this Psychology-Online article we will provide you with information about the traffic light technique of emotions: what it is, how it works and how to work it.
Index
- What is the traffic light of emotions
- How the traffic light technique of emotions works
- Activities to work the traffic light of emotions
What is the traffic light of emotions.
The traffic light of emotions is a technique that is used so that a person can regulate their emotions based on various signals. In general, this methodology is used in children so that they can identify the emotions they feel in certain situations. In more specific terms, this idea tries to replicate the format that traffic lights have on the road. public through attention, caution and the continuation of conflictive moments that can emerge.
From the intervention of the traffic light of emotions, it is possible that control impulses that could generate disturbances in social gatherings. Its use is more frequent in children and children with difficulties in Anger control and frustration.
How the traffic light technique of emotions works.
Understanding the use of this methodology constitutes the possibility of intervening efficiently in cases of people who have difficulties and/or are in full process of learning to control their primary emotions, especially anger, which is the main feeling that must be worked on in these cases.
Next, we will talk about how the traffic light technique of emotions works:
- Red: represents the importance of stopping against the advent of anger for a specific situation. In other words, this position has as its main meaning that a person should not act based on her impulses as a way of resolve a conflict. In this sense, the red color resembles the traffic signal related to the fact that cars must stop their march.
- Yellow: It is the sign of caution and warning against a problem that arises. From here, it becomes necessary to carry out an accurate evaluation of the thoughts and emotions that predominate in order to understand different ways of acting. This color of the traffic light indicates that we must pay attention without stopping or continuing the march.
- Green: in the event that the person has found different alternatives to resolve a situation problematic, you can continue with the decision you have made since it does not represent an impulse based on emotion. Green is also a symbol of the traffic light that indicates that it is now possible to continue driving.
Activities to work the traffic light of emotions.
In order to put this technique into practice, it is important to have resources to be able to understand the correct operation that is carried out. Here are some activities to work on the traffic light of emotions:
emotional masks
through the collection of faces representing different emotions, such as happiness, sadness and anger, people are asked to identify what kind of sensation what they see causes them. After having specified this point, the person must describe the perception he has about the mask he has seen. In this way, it is possible to know when someone feels a certain emotion.
Finally, reference will be made to a specific situation in which that person has perceived the emotion that he identifies in the mask. In the following article we explain How to identify emotions.
emotions bingo
In this activity similar to the traditional bingo game, cards are distributed that have different faces with different emotions. Then, emotions are randomly drawn that correspond to each box on the cardboard. The person who has managed to complete the entire board will win.
The purpose of this game is to make it possible to recognize each emotion as well as how to deal with them.
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Bibliography
- Restrepo Garcés, C.A., Saavedra Galvis, L.T. (2020). Self-regulation of emotions: a proposal for psycho-educational intervention in the educational institution "La Fontaine". Cooperative University of Colombia, Faculty of Psychology.
