emotional competency - mood map

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Mood MapHow do you feel?

Emotions create subjective feelings that are often evaluated as feeling good or feeling bad.

Emotions also tend to increase or decrease our arousal level, which we often describe as increasing or lowering

our energy level. The map shown here places each of the major emotions roughly where they are often

experienced in these two dimensions.

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The placement of each emotion on this map is only approximate and very subjective. Each emotion can

vary greatly in intensity. For example anger can range from mild irritation to intense rage. Clearly the energy

level of those extremes vary greatly. You can improve your ability to recognize emotions in yourself by

paying attention to how you are feeling on the good-bad axis and on the energy level axis as you go aboutyour day. Click on each emotion name to learn more about that emotion.

Two other, more subtle dimensions also differentiate among emotions. The first dimension describes the

depth of experience or depth of emotional involvement characteristic of the emotion. The second

dimension describes the extent to which the emotion is either involuntary or deliberate. The major emotions

are placed on a grid along these two dimensions below.
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These charts are based on the following data obtained from Averill, J.R. (1975) A semantic atlas of

emotional concepts, JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, University of Massachusetts,

Amherst, USA, Vol. 5, No. 330, pp.1-64 (Ms No. 1103). Each scale is centered on zero with a range of +3

to -3. The four factors are explained in detail below this table.

Term: Activation Evaluation Depth Uncontrol

Admiration .59 1.29 .54 .19

Afraid .33 -.86 .47 .96

Angry 1.76 -1.5 .72 .35

Anxious 1.38 -.35 .76 .87

Compassion .5 1.99 1.38 .01

Contempt .98 -1.25 .45 -.55

Depressed -1.05 -.74 1.25 .86

Disgust .55 -.88 .56 -0.8

Envy .7 -.72 .11 .25

Flow 0 0

Gloating .88 -1.07 -.24 -.71

Guilt -.13 -1.13 .78 -.35

Gratitude .39 1.63 .94 -.21

Happy 1.59 1.12 .92 .81

Hate .85 -2.19 .76 -.99

Hope .31 1.27 .68 .04

Jealousy 1.24 -1.32 .42 .58

Lovin .76 1.92 1.59 .4
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Love-Passion 1.16 1.11 1.49 .47

Proud .90 .84 1.21 -.68

Relief .3 1.39 .75 .1

Sad -1.14 -.46 .79 .33

Shame -.41 -.27 .36 .44

Surprised 1.85 .64 .56 1.24

The activation dimension is labeled High/Low energy and the evaluation dimension is labeled Feel

good/Feel bad on the upper chart. The depth of experience dimension is labeled Deep/Shallow and the

Uncontrol dimension is labeled Involuntary/Deliberate on the lower chart.

To better understand each of the four factors used, the fifteen emotional concepts from the list of 558

terms with the highest and lowest scores on each of the four factors are listed in the following table. In each

column the terms with the highest score (toward +3) for each factor are listed in the first group. Those with

the lowest score (toward -3) are listed in the second group, below the break in the table. The uncontrol

factor describes the extent of autonomous or involuntary response as opposed to deliberate intent

associated with each concept.

Activation EvaluationDepth ofExperience

Uncontrol

Rampageous

Rambunctious

Riotous

Rollicking

Uproarious

Furious

Fierce

Frolicsome

Enraged

Peppy

FerociousExcited

Ranting

Vivacious

Hilarious

Peaceful

Tender

Pleasant

Kindly

Contented

Tranquil

Harmonious

Serene

Thoughtful

Trusting

CompassionateWarmhearted

Relaxed

Loving

Affectionate

Tragic

Excruciating

Ominous

Foreboding

Grave

Painful

Macabre

Agonizing

Heart-stricken

Loving

MagnanimousSpiritual

Caring

Understanding

Intense

Terrified

Panicked

Blushing

Petrified

Hysterical

Trembling

Neurotic

Nervous

Scared

Spellbound

InfatuatedDelirious

Berserk

Helpless

Frightened

Dreary

Lonely

Morbid

Grave

Somber

Glum

Despondent

Weary

Solemn

Desolate

Morbid

Repulsive

Plagued

Evil

Shattered

Hateful

Hellish

Persecuted

Macabre

Cruel

Shaky

Insecure

Listless

Mischievous

Cowardly

Fretful

Coy

Scoffing

Frivolous

Flirtatious

Devilish

Scoffing

Confident

Greedy

Sneering

Vindictive

Callous

Obstinate

Composed

Heartless
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a gue

Bored

Exhausted

Sluggish

Mournful

rag c

Tortured

Bloodthirsty

Violent

Suicidal

eep s

Timid

Peevish

Meek

Giddy

en s

Serious

Determined

Cruel

Diabolical

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