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Chapter 4: Emotions: Thinking, Feeling,and Acting

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Looking Out, Looking In, Tenth Edition

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CHAPTER 4

Emotions:Thinking,Feeling, and

Acting

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Emotions: Thinking, Feeling, andActing

What are Emotions?

Verbal Expression

Types of Emotions

Influences on Emotional Expression

Guidelines for Expressing Emotions

Managing Difficult Emotions

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What are Emotions?

When a person has strong emotions, many bodily

changes occur. Proprioceptive stimuli: they are activated by the

movement of internal tissues

Increased heartbeat

Rise in blood pressure

Dilation of the pupils

Physiological Changes

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Nonverbal Reactions

Observable changes

blushing sweating

distinctive facial expression

posture

What are Emotions?

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Cognitive Interpretations

The mind plays an important role in

determining how we feel.

What are Emotions?

Verbal Expression

Labeling our emotions can be very difficult: e.g. Is someone trembling because of fear or

because of excitement?

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Types of Emotions

Primary Emotions- basic emotions (inside the

perimeter of the wheel)

Mixed Emotions- a combination of primary

emotions (outside the wheel)

Primary and Mixed Emotions

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Types of Emotions

This model shows the

importance not only of

choosing the right

emotional family when

expressing yourself, but

also of describing thestrength of the feeling.

Intense and Mild Emotions

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CulturePeople from all over have the same emotions. Nomatter where theyre from, people feel happy, sad,

surprised, angry, and disgusted. However, the sameevents do not always bring out the same emotions.

Individualistic cultures: people feel comfortablerevealing their feelings to others who are close to them

(e.g. United States & Canada)Collectivistic cultures: discourage expression of anynegative emotions that might upset relationships amongpeople who belong to the in-group (e.g. Japan and

India)

Influences on EmotionalExpression

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Gender Females - express positive emotions and feelings

of vulnerability

Males - rarely express their feelings but mightreveal strengths

Factors in expressing feelings - gender,being familiar with the partner, and

difference in power.


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Emotional Contagion

Emotional Contagion: the process by which

emotions are transferred from one person toanother.

Emotions are infectious

e.g. If we hang out with a grouch, then we

ourselves get put into a bad mood


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Fear of Self-Disclosure Revealing your emotions can seem risky

A person who musters up enough courage to share hisor her feelings runs the risk of an unpleasant

consequence. For example:

a wink and smileunwanted romance

confession of uncertaintyweakness

emotional honestypeople feel uncomfortable


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Recognize Your Feelings Answer this question, How do you feel?

Monitor your nonverbal behavior.

Monitor your thoughts as well as your actions.

Guidelines for ExpressingEmotions

Think About How to Describe Feelings

Use single words: excited or depressed Whats happening to you: Im on top of the world

What youd like to do: I feel like giving up

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Im mad at you for not showing up. Im also disappointed

I didnt see you.

I get mad when you flirt. I care about you a lot, and I hate

to think that you dont feel the same.


Share Multiple Feelings

Recognize the Difference Between

Feeling, Talking, and Acting Feeling something, talking about it, and then acting on thatfeeling can sometimes be disastrous or liberating

Understand the consequences of your actions

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Instead of, You make me so angry say, I am feelingangry

Accept responsibility for your feelings

Consider when and where to expressyour feelings

Wait until you have thought out carefully howyou might express your feelings in a way that

would be most likely to be heard.


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Facilitative and Debilitative Emotions

Facilitative Emotions - emotions that contribute to

effective functioning

Debilitative Emotions - emotions that prevent a person

from functioning effectively

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Thoughts Cause Feelings

Event Thought Feeling

Being called names Ive done some- hurt, upsetthing wrong

Being called names My friend must concern,

be sick sympathy

It is not events such as meeting strangers or being

jilted by a lover that cause people to feel bad, but rather

the beliefs they hold about these events.

Interpretations that people make of an event, duringthe process of self-talk, determine feelings.

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Irrational Thinking and Debilitative Emotions


1. The Fallacy of Perfection2. The Fallacy of Approval

3. The Fallacy of Shoulds

4. The Fallacy of Overgeneralization

5. The Fallacy of Causation

6. The Fallacy of Helplessness

7. The Fallacy of Catastrophic Expectations

Many debilitative emotions come from accepting

irrational thoughts:

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Minimizing Debilitative Emotions

1. Monitor your emotional reactions.

2. Note the activating event.

3. Record your self-talk.

4. Dispute your irrational beliefs.

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