Emotions
Emotions
DEFINATION
• MOOD
• TEMPERAMENT
• PERSONALITY
• DISPOSITION
• MOTIVATION
CATEGORIES OF EMOTION
• LOVE
• JOY
• ANGER
• SADNESS
• SURPRISE
• FEAR
SECONDARY EMOTION
• HUMAN EMOTION IS INNATE IN ALL OF US; IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE BORN WITH AND
SOMETHING WE DIE WITH.
• HAPPINESS, SADNESS, LOVE, HATRED, WORRIES– THESE ARE THINGS THAT CONSTANTLY
OCCUR IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
VARIETY OF EMOTIONS
• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EI) REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE, CONTROL AND EVALUATE
EMOTIONS.
FOUR BRANCHES
• SALOVEY AND MAYER PROPOSED A MODEL THAT IDENTIFIED FOUR DIFFERENT FACTORS OF
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
1. PERCEIVING EMOTIONS: THE FIRST STEP IN UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS IS TO ACCURATELY
PERCEIVE THEM. IN MANY CASES, THIS MIGHT INVOLVE UNDERSTANDING NONVERBAL SIGNALS
SUCH AS BODY LANGUAGE AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.
2. REASONING WITH EMOTIONS: THE NEXT STEP INVOLVES USING EMOTIONS TO PROMOTE
THINKING AND COGNITIVE ACTIVITY. EMOTIONS HELP PRIORITIZE WHAT WE PAY ATTENTION AND
REACT TO; WE RESPOND EMOTIONALLY TO THINGS THAT GARNER OUR ATTENTION.
3.UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS:
THE EMOTIONS THAT WE PERCEIVE CAN CARRY A WIDE VARIETY OF MEANINGS. IF SOMEONE IS
EXPRESSING ANGRY EMOTIONS, THE OBSERVER MUST INTERPRET THE CAUSE OF THEIR ANGER
AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN.
4. MANAGING EMOTIONS:
THE ABILITY TO MANAGE EMOTIONS EFFECTIVELY IS A KEY PART OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
REGULATING EMOTIONS, RESPONDING APPROPRIATELY AND RESPONDING TO THE EMOTIONS
OF OTHERS ARE ALL IMPORTANT ASPECT OF EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT.
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