Unit 3 Flashcards
Emotions
The feelings you have
Emotional Expression
Is the way you elect to communicate these emotions. Not all emotions are communicated and may be masked.
Emotional Behavior
Is the way you act on the basis of emotions. What we see and can infer what someone is feeling based off of that.
First Order Emotion
Born with it. Wired to have it. Fear
Second Order Emotion
Learned, cultural. Guilt and remorse in the U.S. and shame in Japan.
Primary Emotion
Joy, acceptance, fear, surprise, etc.
Mixed Emotion
Combination of primary emotions
Commonsense view of emotions
an event occurs
we experience an emotion
we respond physiologically
James-Lange theory of emotions
an event occurs
we respond physiologically
we experience an emotion
The Cognitive Labeling theory of emotions
an event occurs
we respond physiologically
we interpret this arousal
we experience an emotion
Influences on emotional experience and expression (9)
culture and language, display rules, technology, emotional contagion, sex and gender, personality dimensions, emotional intelligence
Display Rules
-Intensification (wind up)
-De-Intensification (calm down)
-Simulation (acting out an emotion)
-Inhibition (hide emotion)
-Masking (can’t read someone’s emotion)
Sharpening your emotional communication skills (6)
-listen to your body
-pay attention to your thoughts
-take stock of the situation
-learn to reappraise negative emotions
-accept responsibility for your emotions
-separate your emotions from your actions
Facilitative Emotions
Help you to function. A little pressure can make you produce work faster and better.
Debilitative Emotions
More intense, keep you from functioning effectively. Depression
Communicating Emotions Interpersonally Preliminary Analysis (before you act)
1.) understand your emotions
2.) decide if you wish to express your feelings
3.) assess your communication options
How to use I messages (4)
-Describe your emotions
-Describe the intensity with which you feel the emotion
-Describe whatever influenced or stimulated you to feel as you do
-Describe what, if anything, you want the listener to do
Schutz Interpersonal Needs theory
inclusion, control, affection