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Chapter 8

Chapter 8. Emotions. What is an Emotion?. Emotion is defined as the “body’s multidimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits one’s goal. Emotions Color Wheel. Interactive wheel: http://www.do2learn.com/organizationtools/EmotionsColorWheel/index.htm. EMOTIONS.

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Chapter 8

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  1. Chapter 8 Emotions

  2. What is an Emotion? Emotion is defined as the “body’s multidimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits one’s goal.

  3. Emotions Color Wheel • Interactive wheel: • http://www.do2learn.com/organizationtools/EmotionsColorWheel/index.htm

  4. EMOTIONS JOYFUL/AFFECTIONATE HOSTILE EMOTIONS • Happiness • Contentment, joy pleasure, cheer • Individual experience • Connect w/others • Love and Passion • Caring, attachment, committed • Liking • Positive overall evaluation of another • Anger • Being wronged • Contempt • Superior to others, disrespect • Disgust • Revulsion to offensive • Jealousy • Rel. threatened 3rd party • Envy • Desire what other has

  5. EMOTIONS • Sadness • Unhappy, sorrowful, discouraged generally due to loss • Depression • Physical illness, changes in body and mind • Grief • Elizabeth Kubler-Ross • Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance • Fear • Reaction to perceived danger • Amygdala in brain • Social Anxiety • Fear not making good impression on others • Soc. Anxiety Disorder • SA becomes chronic and interferes w/daily life • Often requires treatment

  6. The Result • Experiencing negative emotions • We often want to withdraw from social interaction • Sadness, depression, grief • Avoid or limit interaction w/others as we need time alone to deal w/our emotion • Fearful or anxious • Withdraw to feel protected and safe

  7. The Nature of Emotion • Emotions are multidimensional • Physiological, Cognitive, Behavioral, Social, and Cultural • Emotions vary in valence and intensity • Valence—positive or negative • Primary and secondary form • Primary—distinct, not a combination • Secondary—combination of primary • Meta-emotions—an emotion about emotion

  8. Influences on Emotional Experience and Expression • Culture • Geography—colder less expressive, warmer more expressive • Display rules • Rules that govern how we manage and express emotion • Technology • Does not allow for nonverbal comm. • Use LOL or emoticons • Support groups can be very helpful

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  10. Influences on Emotional Experience and Expression • Emotional contagion • Tendency to mimic others’ experiences and expressions • Their behavior is contagious • Sex/Gender • Experience and expression are different

  11. Influences on Emotional Experience and Expression • Personality • Agreeableness, extroverted, neuroticism • Emotional Intelligence • Ability to perceive and understand emotions, use emotions to facilitate thought, and manage emotions constructively

  12. Emotional Communication Skills • Identifying Emotions • Recognize and identify what you’re feeling • Reappraising Negative Emotions • Changing the way you think about situation • Accepting Responsibility for Emotions • “I” statements—own thoughts & feelings • Separating Emotions from Actions • Experiencing a feeling doesn’t mean you need to act on it!

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