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Organizational Behaviors

Organizational Behaviors. Presented to: Sir Ahmad Tisman Pasha Presented by: Fiaz Ahmad BIT -08-46 Department of IT Institute of computing Bzu Multan. Topic:. Emotions and Moods. Affect

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Organizational Behaviors

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  1. Organizational Behaviors Presented to: Sir Ahmad Tisman Pasha Presented by: Fiaz Ahmad BIT-08-46 Department of IT Institute of computing Bzu Multan

  2. Topic: Emotions and Moods

  3. Affect A broad range of feelings that people experience .it can be experienced in the form of Emotions and Moods Moods Emotions • Caused by specific event • Very brief in duration(second or minutes) • Specific and numerous in nature(as anger ,fear ,sadness, happiness) • Usually accompanied by distinct facial expression • Action oriented in nature • Cause is often general and unclear • Longer than emotions(hours or days) • More general(Positive and negative affect that are composed of multiple specific emotions) • Generally not indicated by distinct expression • Cognitive in nature

  4. The Basic Emotions • While not universally accepted, there appear to be six basic emotions: • Anger • Fear • Sadness • Happiness • Disgust • Surprise • All other emotions are subsumed under these six

  5. Basic Moods: Positive and Negative Affect • Emotions cannot be neutral. • Positive Emotion • Such as joy or express a favorable feeling • Negative Emotion • Such as anger or express the opposite • We group emotions into positive and negative categories they become mood states

  6. The Structure of Mood Tense High Negative affect Alert High Positive affect Nervous Excited Stressed Happy Content Sad Depressed Bored Relaxed Low Positive affect Low Negative affect Calm

  7. What is the Function of Emotion? • Do Emotions Make Us Irrational? • Expressing emotions publicly may be damaging to social status • Emotions are critical to rational decision-making • Emotions help us understand the world around us • What Functions Do Emotions Serve? • Darwin argued they help in survival problem-solving • Evolutionary psychology: people must experience emotions as there is a purpose behind them • Not all researchers agree with this assessment

  8. Sources of Emotion and Mood • Personality • There is a trait component – affect intensity • Day and Time of the Week • There is a common pattern for all of us: • Happier in the midpoint of the daily awake period • Happier toward the end of the week • Weather • Illusory correlation – no effect • Stress • Even low levels of constant stress can worsen moods • Social Activities • Physical, informal, and dining activities increase positive moods

  9. Our Moods are Affected by the day of the week Negative moods are highest on sundays and Mondays and fall throughout the week Positive moods are highest At the end of the week Mood Average Negative affect Positive affect

  10. Our Moods are affected by time of the day Positive mood peaks during The middle part of the day High Mood average Negative moods shows very Little variation over the day Low Noon 3:00 PM 6:00 PM 9:00 AM 9:00 PM Negative affect Positive affect Midnight

  11. More Sources of Emotion and Mood • Sleep • Poor sleep quality increases negative affect • Exercise • Does somewhat improve mood, especially for depressed people • Age • Older folks experience fewer negative emotions • Gender • Women tend to be more emotionally expressive, feel emotions more intensely, have longer lasting moods, and express emotions more frequently than do men

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