1. Chapter 8
Emotions

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

4. Emotions Color Wheel Interactive wheel:

5. 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

6. EMOTIONS Sadness Depression Grief Fear Social Anxiety
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

7. The Result Experiencing negative emotions Sadness, depression, grief
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

12. 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

13. 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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15. 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

17. 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

18. 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!