Emotions Flashcards
What are emotions?
Signals that tell your mind and body how to react
What are the Seven basic Emotions?
-Happiness
-Sadness
-Love
-Empathy
-Fear
-Guilt
-Anger
What is a phobia?
An exaggerated fear
What is Hostility?
Intentional offensive behavior
How should you respond to your emotions?
-Look below the surface (why are you feeling like this)
-Consider the situation
-Don’t take immidate action
-Use positive feelings to inspire yourself
If negative emotions don’t leave
-seek help
What are defense mechanisms?
The process we go through to help ourselves cope
What is suppression?
Holding back; restraining consciously
What is repression?
Involuntary pushing back of unpleasant feelings
What is rationalization?
Making excuses to explain a behavior rather than directly taking responsibility
What is Regression?
Reverting to immature behaviors rather than directly dealing with conflict
What is Denial?
Involuntary lack of acknowledgment of something that is obvious to others
What are hormones?
-a chemical decreased by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells
