What Color is Your Brain Flashcards

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What is the purpose of knowing the color of your brain?

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acceptance and appreciation of yourself and others

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What are the characteristics of Yellow brains?

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Left-brain critical thinkers who provide structure and stability.
They thrive on the responsibility of leadership

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What are the types of jobs that yellow brains may hold?

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  • CEOs
  • admission clerks
  • risk managers
  • dieticians
  • security officers
  • event planners
  • educators
  • bankers
  • managers
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What are the characteristics of Blue brains?

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Intuitive, Right-brain creative thinkers

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What are the types of jobs that blue brains may hold?

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  • nurses
  • social workers
  • child life specialists
  • pediatric nurses
  • pediatricians
  • artists
  • musicians
  • pet care specialists
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What are the characteristics of Green brains?

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Proficient problem solvers, avid readers, adept with technology, like independence

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What are the types of jobs that green brains may hold?

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  • therapists
  • surgeons
  • neonatal nurses
  • lab technicians
  • accountants
  • computer professionals
  • researchers
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What are the characteristics of Orange brains?

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Right-brain creative thinkers, create change, excitement, adventure, and likes risk-taking

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What are the types of jobs that orange brains may hold?

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  • ED physicians and nurses
  • recreational therapists
  • house keepers
  • maintenance workers
  • marketing
  • firefighters
  • sports professionals
  • sales professionals
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What is a comfort color?

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the highest scored color

the dominant brain color

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What is a blending color?

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the second highest color

- influences your comfort color and helps you to easily shift between these

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What is your convertible color?

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third highest color

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What is your clouded color?

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the lowest scored color

- often sparks conflict with yourself and others

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Describe the relationship with Yellow Adult patients

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  • communicate clear instructions
  • provide a health care plan
  • explain details about their care
  • offer realistic expectations
  • respect their decisions
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Describe the relationship with Yellow Pediatric patients

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  • offer them detailed information about their care
  • give them structured and step-by-step directions to take care of themselves
  • respect their age and level of understanding
  • understand their feelings of insecurity
  • allow them to talk about their illness without interrupting with your opinion
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Describe the relationship with Blue Adult patients

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  • offer encouragement
  • be an attentive listener
  • validate their feelings
  • be quiet and let them talk about their feelings
  • don’t be afraid of their emotions
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Describe the relationship with Blue Pediatric patients

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  • validate their feelings
  • listen attentively and sincerely
  • reassure them that you and your colleagues are available to help them
  • let them cry if they need to
  • hug them (if appropriate)
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Describe the relationship with Green Adult patients

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  • keep the situation objective and unemotional
  • understand that they can be very sensitive
  • don’t get frustrated when they do not give you an immediate answer. They need time to process
  • ask precise “yes” and “no” questions
  • provide explanations about medical procedures and listen to their perspectives
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Describe the relationship with Green Pediatric patients

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  • respect their privacy
  • do not touch them without asking their permission first
  • do not tell them they are wrong
  • do not treat them like a baby
  • provide explanations about their care and the reasons why it is being done
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Describe the relationship with Orange Adult patients

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  • respect their feelings about losing their sense of freedom
  • do not come across as bossy
  • help them to understand the end result
  • explain the consequences
  • keep the conversations easy going
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Describe the relationship with Orange Pediatric patients

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  • use activities and stories to explain information
  • reassure them that you are open-minded about their concerns
  • during conversations, get to the point quickly
  • use play to help them feel more comfortable
  • foster their need for self-expression
22
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What are the colors by age?

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Early childhood - 80% orange
Middle school - 49% orange
College - 15% orange
Adults - 13% orange, 13% green, 37% blue, 37% yellow

23
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How might Yellow patients struggle with rehab?

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  • not being in control of their health and worry

- unwilling to change behavior

24
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How might Blue patients struggle with rehab?

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  • not being listened to

- emotional

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How might Green patients struggle with rehab?

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  • lack of information about their care

- think the people caring for them are incompetent

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How might Orange patients struggle with rehab?

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  • restrictions on their freedom

- being told what to do and how to do it

27
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How do Yellow brains make decisions?

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  • create a detailed plan
  • think through all ideas
  • executes in a timely manner
  • does not procrastinate
  • deliberate outcomes
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How do Blue brains make decisions?

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  • use their hearts, not their heads
  • tells others about ideas
  • wants other people’s opinions
  • goes with intuition
  • does not consider cost
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How do Green brains make decisions?

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  • researches facts
  • analyzes statistics
  • applies formulas
  • projects outcomes
  • evaluates the finances
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How do Orange brains make decisions?

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  • stays in the moment
  • improvises
  • looks at competition
  • ignores fear
  • says if you got the money, use it
  • pays no attention to consequences