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TOK and Emotion: Exploring Connections by way of Psychology

TOK Guest Speaker: Mr. Cokerdem (Mr. C.). TOK and Emotion: Exploring Connections by way of Psychology. This is my first-ever TOK gig…. Main Goals Today. 1) Gain a deeper understanding of emotion 2) Explore how emotion and rationality interact

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TOK and Emotion: Exploring Connections by way of Psychology

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  1. TOK Guest Speaker: Mr. Cokerdem (Mr. C.) TOK and Emotion: Exploring Connections by way of Psychology

  2. This is my first-ever TOK gig….

  3. Main Goals Today • 1) Gain a deeper understanding of emotion • 2) Explore how emotion and rationality interact • 3) Consider ways we can enhance our lives and daily experiences based on research and reflection

  4. Emotion • Psychological Definition - a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior. • Key words: feelings, changes, influence thought and behavior

  5. So, how many emotions are there? Many…. Yet, there are about 6 that seem to exist across cultures: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise. (Paul Ekman, anthropologist)

  6. Can you spot them? Anger? Disgust? Fear? Happiness? Sadness? Surprise?

  7. Quick Group Activity Questions: • 1) How does emotion relate to knowledge? • 2) Are there ways you think emotion enhances knowledge? If so, how? • 3) Are there ways you think emotion hinders accurate knowledge? If so, how? • (Note: hinder = to detract from, take away from or make something more difficult to achieve) Instructions: • First, reflect as individuals for 3-5minutes. • Then, share/discuss in groups, 5-7 minutes. • Finally, we’ll de-brief as a class. Emotion: a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior.

  8. De-briefing • What did you discuss? • Key insights? • Key questions? Just curious: • Did anyone discuss the degree of emotions? In other words, their intensity? • Did anyone discuss scenarios where a person feels none of the 6 main emotions at any one time? • What do we think about that?

  9. Pulling Some Ideas Together • “Significant emotion (passion) and rational thinking tend to be mutually exclusive.” • Can we accept that statement? • If so, let’s explore that a bit, shall we? • Do I sound like Mr. Cannon yet? Lord help me if I start sounding like Mr. Byck…. 

  10. Clouding the Waters: Mental processes becoming 'clouded' by emotional states As passionate emotion increases, our ability to make decisions that we will look back on and agree are good decisions has a strong tendency to fail. • Consider the things we say: • A “hot-headed” person is rather emotional and likely to make rash decisions. • A person with a “cool-head” makes thoughtful, considered decisions. Emotion is a chemical state in our brains that we experience as basic 'feelings'. • Those same chemicals inhibit our higher cognitive capabilities and limit what we call rational thought.

  11. Heightened Emotion Affects Decisions • Two young lovers in the “heat of the moment” • Fight or flight response: A) “Crime of passion” • homicides due to extreme anger or jealousy; • “temporary” insanity B) Running from the police when they have a gun and say “freeze!” C) Hit and run driver • Can you think of decisions that are affected as emotional response increases? (Think and talk amongst yourselves.) • Also, would you tend to think these decisions are less “rational?”

  12. Tips to Guide Behavior How do you help someone in an emotional state make a rational decision? • Help them calm down • BUT, do not just say 'calm down‘ since that is a rational appeal. • Instead, speak to the emotions with emotional words. Then slowly become less emotional. • If you have time, the simplest approach is just to wait. • Extreme emotions often do not last and the person will eventually cool down. • Any actors in the room? Care for a simulation?

  13. More Tips to Guide Behavior • How do you get someone to become less likely to make a rational decision? Now, we’re talking!!! • Drum roll please…. • Answer: get them into an emotional state! • Enter the salesperson: • A sales person will get their customers: • Excited, Hopeful, Lustful • We can’t forget the politicians: • They routinely invoke: • Fear, nationalism, and the desire to help their fellow humans – sometimes all in one speech! • Of course, Venezuelan politics is all about rationality. No emotion here…. • And, of course, Las Vegas – and any casino: • Name of the game – get the customers drunk so they’ll spend more money! • Alcohol is free, especially once you start winning money • Also, if you win big, you get free rooms and meals. • Why? So you’ll stay and lose the money the next day.

  14. Where does all this emotion come? • Paul Ekman (the guy behind the faces) • “The inescapability of emotional response” – we are wired to respond emotionally

  15. I believe the clip you’re about to see can teach us all something: • Appraisal – recognize the situations that are apt to create an emotional response or at least recognize the emotion when it happens • Impulse – feel the impulse of that emotion and what is propelling you to do (what action to take) • Increase the gap - before you act, work on increasing the time so that you can deliberately choose how to bestrespond Let’s take a look!

  16. Paul Ekman: The Inescapabilityof Emotional Response • http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpo3bz_paul-ekman-on-the-inescapability-of-emotional-response_news#.UZavN7Ovhow

  17. So, how aboutsome research? • Emotion affects decision-making • Even when we know what causes our mood, we still are affected by the mood and it influences our decision-making • Just type in: “scientists explore effects of emotion” – you’ll see the link: http://phys.org/news10395.html

  18. Summary • "While anxiety triggers a preference for options that are safer and provide a sense of control, sadness triggers a preference for options that are more rewarding and comforting.”

  19. Happiness and Learning • Let’s read this article together • To get it quickly, google “how are happiness and learning connected” • It’s the first article under “edutopia” • http://www.edutopia.org/blog/happiness-learning-connection-rebecca-alber • Reactions?

  20. Reflection/Writing/Journaling • Take some time to cement today’s lesson. • In no particular order or format, record in writing some “ah-ha” moments or anything you felt about today’s lesson that triggered interesting, different, or potentially valuable thoughts. • Rank your top 3 or 4. • Then, let’s do a quick class “share out.” That means you get to pick any one item you shared. Identifying 3 or 4 ahead of time will help us avoid duplicates.

  21. Further curiosity? • An interesting theory on depression: • Perhaps, it is an evolutionary response that initially developed because in some cases, it can encourage one to ponder and analyze complex issues. • Google “depression evolutionary roots” • http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=depressions-evolutionary

  22. Questions/Comments? • Thanks Everyone!!!  • And, remember →

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