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Chapter 4- Emotion And Communication Flashcards

1
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Define emotions

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The experience of energy that moves through our body

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What does the definition of emotion imply?

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Emotional energy is neutral and that the sensation of feeling, psychological reactions, and thoughts give emotions their meaning

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What is the full definition of emotion

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Feelings we experience that result from the interaction of physiology, cognitions, and social experience and that they significantly affect how we communicate with others and interpret others communication

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What do emotions affect

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Physical and relational health

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What do our feelings affect

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Our willingness to communicate when how and why we communicate and how we interpret and respond when others communicate with us

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6
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Is it impossible to understand communication without emotion?

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Yep

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What are the two ways to describe emotions and physiology

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Fast track and slow track circuit emotions

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8
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How many parts of the rain are involved with processing emotion?

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Three

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Which part of the body controls basic life functions such as breathing and movement

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The brain stem around The top of the spinal cord

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10
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What is shared by all species that have a nervous system?

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The reptilian brain

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Where is the limbic system

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It rings and borders the brain stem

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12
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What part of the rain is involved with emotions?

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The limbic system

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13
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What is the neocortex

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The seat of intellect in the brain

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What is a nickname for the neocortex

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Thinking brain

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What does the neocortex control

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Reason and rational decision making

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Describe the process of a brain circuit

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It goes to the emotional brain and then the thinking brain

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Which is quicker- the emotional brain or the thinking brain

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Emotional brain

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What is the fast track circuit

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It is reflected in emotional reactions and brain activity that occur before we have time to rationally analyze a situation

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Example of the fast track circuit

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Blowing up at someone then later realizing that you overreacted

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Where are emotions such as fear anxiety and anger processed

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The amygdala

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Where is the amygdala located?

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It is almond shaped in the limbic system

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How come we might experience an emotion and can’t explain it?

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Our amygdala has evolved to make instant emotive reactions, that the reaction never reaches the thinking brain

23
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What is it called when the amygdala instantaneously assigns emotional significance to sense data and sends a crisis message to the brain?

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Flight or fight syndrome

24
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What is an example of the amygdala using fight or flight syndrome

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If we were chased by a dog when we were kids and experienced fear. Later in the future the amygdala will match the fear to the situation again

25
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What happens in flight or fight syndrome

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Sensory acuity is heightened, complex thought is stopped, and the amygdala activates the heart and signals the secretion of the hormone norepinephrine.

26
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What is the hormone the amygdala signals the secretion of in fight or flight syndrome

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Norepinephrine

27
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What is norepinephrine

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It makes the senses more alert

28
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When perceptions do effect emotions, which track circuit is working?

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A slow track circuit

29
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What happens in a slow track circuit

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The thinking brain rationally analyzes a situation and then communicates with the emotional brain

30
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Example of slow track circuits

A

That person is good looking

Then the emotion of anticipation follows

31
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What three ways can we classify emotions

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Placing them in categories of primary or mixed

Clustering them into emotion families

By distinguishing them as facilitator or debilitative

32
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What are the eight primary emotions that Blend to make mixed emotions

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Fear

Surprise

Sadness

Disgust

Anger

Anticipation
Joy
Acceptance

33
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What was primary and mixed emotions developed by

A

Robert plutchik

34
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What are primary emotions also classified in terms of

A

Their intensity

35
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Define emotion families

A

When we cluster emotions that share common characteristics

36
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What are emotion families described in terms of?

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Physical variations
(Wrinkling faces tightened lips, etc.)
37
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Define facilitators emotions

A

Contribute to effective functioning

38
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Define debilitative emotions

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Detract from effective functioning

39
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Going back to emotion families, what are the emotion families

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The main emotions are the
Anger sadness fear enjoyment LOVE surprise disgust shame
(Table on page 100)

40
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How can we learn to manage our fast track and slow track emotions

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By becoming aware of our physiological reactions as soon as we experience them

41
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How can we manage fast track emotions

A

Mindfulness

Pg 101

42
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Do emotions cause thoughts in slow track circuit emotions

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Nope. Thoughts cause emotions

43
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Example of thoughts causing emotions

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Table 4.2

44
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What are two ways we can manage slow track circuit emotions

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Thoughts and feelings

rational emotive behavioral therapy

45
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Who was REBT developed by

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Albert Ellis

46
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What happens in REBT

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We take responsibility in our actions and realize that we (not other people or situations) cause our feelings

47
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How can we use REBT based off the alphabet (A-F)

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Pg 103

48
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Can replacing unrealistic thoughts with those that are realistic completely eliminate our debilitative emotions?

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Nope. But it can manage them

49
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How do we express our emotions?

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We need to set realistic goals
Improve our emotional intelligence
Learn how and when to display our emotions
And accept responsibility for our feelings eh. We interact with others

50
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Who discovered emotional intelligence

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Daniel Goleman

51
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Define emotional intelligence

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Knowing how to manage your feelings and to read and respond effectively to the emotions is others

52
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What does emotional intelligence (saw) include?

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The ability to persist even when frustrated to control our impulses and delay gratification to regulate our mood and prevent distressful emotions… (page 105)

53
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What are the benefits of EQ

A

Higher IQ
career advancement
Promotes close and affectionate relationships and greater relational satisfaction

54
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How can we communicate our emotions

A

Assessing our emotions

Expanding our vocabulary

Owning feelings

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