Chapter 6 – Emotion and affect p. 181
Contents
What is emotoon..................................................................................................................................2
Cooscious emotoo versus automatc afect......................................................................................2
Emotooal arousal..................................................................................................................................3
Some importaot emotoos.....................................................................................................................5
Happioess..........................................................................................................................................5
Object ve roots of happioess.........................................................................................................5
The hedooic treadmill....................................................................................................................6
Subject ve roots of happioess........................................................................................................6
Iocreasiog happioess......................................................................................................................6
Aoger.................................................................................................................................................7
Causes of aoger..............................................................................................................................7
Hidiog versus showiog aoger.........................................................................................................7
Guilt aod shame.................................................................................................................................8
Guilt versus shame.........................................................................................................................8
Efects of guilt................................................................................................................................8
Guilt aod relatooships...................................................................................................................9
Why do we ha ve emotoosn..................................................................................................................9
Emotoos promote beloogiogoess.....................................................................................................9
Emotoos cause beha vior – sort of.....................................................................................................9
Emotoos guide thioiiog aod learoiog.............................................................................................10
(Aotcipated) emotoo guides decisioos aod choices.......................................................................10
Emotoos help aod hurt decisioo maiiog.........................................................................................10
Posit ve emotoos couoteract oegat ve emotoos............................................................................10
Other beoefts of posit ve emotoos................................................................................................11
Iodi vidual difereoces io emotoo........................................................................................................11
Are emotoos difereot across culturesn..........................................................................................11
Are womeo more emotooal thao meon..........................................................................................11
Arousal, atteotoo, aod performaoce...................................................................................................12
Emotooal iotelligeoce (E)) .................................................................................................................13
Afect regulatoo..................................................................................................................................13
How to cheer up..............................................................................................................................13
Afect regulatoo goals.....................................................................................................................13
Geoder difereoces io emotoo cootrol strategies...........................................................................14
, Is it safen..........................................................................................................................................14
What is emotion?
Emotion – a conscious evaluative reaction to some event
Mood – a feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event
Affect – the automatic response that something is good or bad
Conscious emotion versus automatic affect
Conscious emotion – a powerful and clearly unified feeling state, such as anger or joy
- Emotions take more time to form, but also contain more information.
- Emotions consist of mental and physical aspects.
Automatic affect – a quick response of liking or disliking toward something
- Affects form almost immediately and unconsciously.
Anthropolinguistics – the study of a culture by examining its language
- For emotions, anthropolinguistics show that bad is stronger than good, as there are
simply more words describing bad emotions than positive emotions.
Contents
What is emotoon..................................................................................................................................2
Cooscious emotoo versus automatc afect......................................................................................2
Emotooal arousal..................................................................................................................................3
Some importaot emotoos.....................................................................................................................5
Happioess..........................................................................................................................................5
Object ve roots of happioess.........................................................................................................5
The hedooic treadmill....................................................................................................................6
Subject ve roots of happioess........................................................................................................6
Iocreasiog happioess......................................................................................................................6
Aoger.................................................................................................................................................7
Causes of aoger..............................................................................................................................7
Hidiog versus showiog aoger.........................................................................................................7
Guilt aod shame.................................................................................................................................8
Guilt versus shame.........................................................................................................................8
Efects of guilt................................................................................................................................8
Guilt aod relatooships...................................................................................................................9
Why do we ha ve emotoosn..................................................................................................................9
Emotoos promote beloogiogoess.....................................................................................................9
Emotoos cause beha vior – sort of.....................................................................................................9
Emotoos guide thioiiog aod learoiog.............................................................................................10
(Aotcipated) emotoo guides decisioos aod choices.......................................................................10
Emotoos help aod hurt decisioo maiiog.........................................................................................10
Posit ve emotoos couoteract oegat ve emotoos............................................................................10
Other beoefts of posit ve emotoos................................................................................................11
Iodi vidual difereoces io emotoo........................................................................................................11
Are emotoos difereot across culturesn..........................................................................................11
Are womeo more emotooal thao meon..........................................................................................11
Arousal, atteotoo, aod performaoce...................................................................................................12
Emotooal iotelligeoce (E)) .................................................................................................................13
Afect regulatoo..................................................................................................................................13
How to cheer up..............................................................................................................................13
Afect regulatoo goals.....................................................................................................................13
Geoder difereoces io emotoo cootrol strategies...........................................................................14
, Is it safen..........................................................................................................................................14
What is emotion?
Emotion – a conscious evaluative reaction to some event
Mood – a feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event
Affect – the automatic response that something is good or bad
Conscious emotion versus automatic affect
Conscious emotion – a powerful and clearly unified feeling state, such as anger or joy
- Emotions take more time to form, but also contain more information.
- Emotions consist of mental and physical aspects.
Automatic affect – a quick response of liking or disliking toward something
- Affects form almost immediately and unconsciously.
Anthropolinguistics – the study of a culture by examining its language
- For emotions, anthropolinguistics show that bad is stronger than good, as there are
simply more words describing bad emotions than positive emotions.
