Emotions

Question 1

What are emotions?

Answer 1

Emotions are the link between mind and body

Question 2

Emotions are usually classified into?

Answer 2

Emotions are usually classified as positive or negative depending on their psychological and physiological impact

Question 3

Health + Longevity stats?

Answer 3

Health & Longevity (Danner, Snowdon & Friesen 2001)
• Study of 180 nun’s biographical graduation sketches for positive terms
• At 85, 90% of the most positive were still alive, as opposed to 34% of the least positive
• At 94, 54% of the most positive were alive as opposed to 11% of the least positive

Question 4

Relationship stats?

Answer 4

(Keltner & Harker 2001)
• 141 senior-class photos from 1930 were studied for Duchene & non-Duhenne smiles
• 30 years later Duhenne smiles accurately predicted who was in a marriage, stayed married & experienced greater happiness
• Physical attractiveness was ruled out as an associated variable

Question 5

Work Performance stats?

Answer 5

(Straw, Sutoon & Pelled 1994)
• 272 employees were measured on various assessments of emotion
• Employees with more positive emotions had better evaluations & higher pay
• They also choose higher goals, showed greater endurance & better performance evaluations

Question 6

Emotional Intelligence (EI) stats

Answer 6

• Capability of individuals to:
– Recognise their own and other people’s emotions
– Understand and label different feelings accurately – Use emotional information to guide thinking and
behaviour
– Manage and adjust one’s behaviour accordingly
It’s about “reading” emotions whether yours or those of others and knowing what to do with that information

Question 7

A Few Suggestions on how to better manage your emotion:

Answer 7

Key is Awareness: once you are aware you can change it
So, you need to have mechanisms to check in with yourself

• Reflective Practice
• Mediation
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy