nature of emotions
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Lecture on what emotions are and how they workTRANSCRIPT
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Communication 110Interpersonal
Dr. Marquita ByrdCommunication Studies Department
San Jose State [email protected]
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What’s Love Got to Do with It?
What’s Love, but a Second Hand Emotion? Tina Turner, 1993
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Humans Can Respond to the Environment in Four WaysCognitive :ThinkAffective: FeelBehave: ActSpiritual: Immaterial world, Other reality, Inner Life
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Emotions are often Absent from Academic DiscussionsConsidered inferior to intellectUncontrollableWeakCauses ConfusionTry to control , ignore or removeImpossible because emotions are a central
part of our psychological filters
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Four Components of EmotionsPhysiological changes in autonomic systems: hormones, respiratory, cardiovascularNonverbal face, gestures, posture, movement, eyesCognitive: labelingVerbal expression: what is said
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Six Factors Influencing EmotionsPersonalityCultureGender: anger, vulnerability, crying,
expression ofSocial Conventions: how to interpret, what to feel, when to
expressRisks in Self-DisclosureEmotional Contagion
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Emotions Exist on a ContinuumNo good or bad emotionsContinuum from Facilitative to Debilitative Facilitative
Debilitative• All emotions can be used in facilitative or
debilitative manners Love, hate, fear, happiness
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Fallacious ThinkingErroneous conclusions based upon faulty
information or logicIrrational ThinkingCause us to use emotions in negative ways
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Irrational Thinking• Approval• Perfection: self and others• Catastrophic expectations• Helplessness• Control • Wrongness of difficulty• Overgeneralization• Past is inescapable• You do not matter
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Rational Emotive ResponsesDoes it do harm: self or othersWhy should it changeMust you always be rightIs it within your power to change itIs it your responsibility or right to change itAre you perfect enough to cast a stoneIs it still relevant todayCan you ignore the small stuff
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Guidelines for Expressing EmotionsRecognize themDifference between thinking, feeling and
actingExpand emotional vocabularyShare multipleRight time, place, person, and motiveTake responsibility: use “I” language not
“You” language• Mindful of how you communicate it• Take a deep breath before you start
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ConclusionEmotions are integral to the human
experienceRecognition and management of them is
essential for good livingIncrease your Emotional Quotient
E.Q.