Module 3: Emotions, Stress, and Wellbeing

Chapter 9: Emotions, Chapter 11:

Emotion

“feeling” aspect of consciousness, physical arousal, behavior, inner awareness

90 seconds

how long emotions last

Micro-expressions

brief, involuntary facial expressions; difficult to fake

Cognitive Component

labelling or naming of emotional state; attribute source of arousal

Counterfactual Thinking

imagining alternative scenarios and outcomes that might have happened but did not

Affective Forecasting

the process by which people predict how they would feel in the future, after various positive and negative events

Primary Emotions

triggered in response to an event (body’s first response)

Secondary Emotions

refer to the feelings you have about the primary emotion

Learned Emotions

emotions we learned from other people

Instrumental Emotions

using emotions to get another gain; may be true or faked

Positive Emotions

lead to feeling good about one’s self

Negative Emotions

sap your energy and undermine your effectiveness due to lack of desire to do anything

Motivation, Survival, Socialization

purpose of emotions

Emotional Intelligence

refers to the ability to perceive control, evaluate emotions

Feelings

emotions with cognitive awareness

Mood

a prolonged positive/negative emotion

Stress

process by which we perceive and respond to certain events that we deem as threatening or challenging

Hypostress

lack of stress experienced by people who are constantly bored

Hyperstress

type of negative stress that comes when a person forced to undertake or undergo more than they can take

Acute stress

reaction to an immediate threat which can be real or imaginary

Chronic stress

ongoing stressful situations that are not short-lived and the urge to act are suppressed which results to chronic stress and burnout

Eustress

good kind of stress

Burnout

negative changes in thoughts, emotions, behavior as a result of prolonged stress or frustration

Approach-approach conflict

a person must choose between two desirable goals

Avoidance-avoidance conflict

a person must choose between two undesirable goals

Approach-avoidance conflict

a person must choose or not choose a goal with positive and negative aspects

Transaction Model of Stress

stress resides neither in the person nor in the situation alone, but a transaction between them

Fight/Flight Mechanism

short-term stress response

General Adaptation Syndrome

long-term stress response; alarm, resistance, exhaustion