Emotions

In Paul Ekman’s discrete emotion theory, all humans…

are thought to have an innate set of basic emotions that are cross-culturally recognizable

What are the 6 basic emotions?

anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise

Tell me Happiness/Joy

• state of subjective well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

• Happiness is made up of pleasure, engagement, and meaning life satisfaction

• People can accurately report their own levels happiness

Tell me Anger

• An unmet expectation (sometimes unrealistic)

• may be a secondary response to sadness, loneliness or fright

• Triggers an increase in heart rate, blood pressure and adrenaline (stress=illness)

• Aspects of Anger:

  • Overt Anger: yelling, swearing, “hulk smash”

  • Covert Anger: “passive-aggressive”

  • Displaced Anger: road rage, rage room, bullies at school, robbers

  • Fear: constant unmet expectation, anger as protection

What is the relationship between Anger and Depression?

Anger turned inward = depression

Tell me Fear

the emotion people feel when a danger is actually present

• anxiety = worrying about anger that might happen

• phobia = intense fear of specific things

  • out of proportion to the real danger

• initiates fight-or-flight response

  • increased heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing rate, pupil size

Tell me Grief (Sadness)

• mental suffering over disappointment, a great loss or in response to someone else’s sadness

• triggers deep though and adds perspective to issues

• normal sadness resolves easily; if not, it becomes depression

TEDTalk: When talking to the widow group, what statement do they hate hearing?

“moving on”

TEDTalk: Why do people not like term “move on”?

it makes someone who matters to the individual nothing more than something like a moment. It removes the fact that it is someone you loved.

TEDTalk: Can all things be fixed/solved?

No, but they can be explored and move along with the individual affected