Midterm Flashcards
Emotion
- an inferred complex sequence of responses to a stimulus
Emotion includes
- cognitive evaluations
- subjective feeling states
- autonomic arousal (neural and/or hormonal)
- impulses to action
Emotions are:
response mechanisms that help the organism adapt to situations and/or maintain a balanced psychic economy.
Affect
the physiological aspect of an emotion
Feeling
the subjective state or experience of an emotion.
“experience” in Rogerian
has become a hallmark of client-centered therapy
experiencing is associated with:
(if only implicitly) towards a more complete and accurate symbolization (meaning making) process.
Emotion is:
Union of cognition and affect in the moment
Key element of change is:
Both release of expression of personal feeling and development of insight into the nature of ones difficulties
Levels of Affect
9 levels
Level one
Basic Awareness of Affect: is the client aware of the presence of affect?
Level Two
Basic Inner Experience of Affect: Can the client identify a physiological experience of affect?
Level Three
Labeling of Basic Affect: Does the client know how to label the physiological experience of affect?
Level Four
Identification of Default Affect: has the client avoided developing affect?
Level Five
Identification of Affect Intensity: Does the client recognize shades of affect?