Learning EFT book

Question 1

Why are they called emotion schemes rather than schemas?

Answer 1

First, we use the word “scheme” instead of “schema” because “schema” implies a static, linguisti- cally based mental representation, whereas “scheme” refers to a plan of ac- tion (as in “to hatch a scheme”). An emotion scheme is a process rather than a thing.

Question 2

What do emotion schemes consist of?

Answer 2

Emotion scheme processes can include linguistic components but often consist largely or entirely of preverbal elements

Question 3

How can emotion schemes be accessed?

Answer 3

Emotion schemes are not directly available to awareness; they can be accessed indirectly through the experiences that they produce.

Question 4

What are the five main times of component elements that are linked together in a network to form emotion schemes?

Answer 4

1. perceptual-situational elements
2. bodily-expressive elements
3. symbolic-conceptual elements
4. motivational-behavioral elements
5. An emotion scheme nuclear process.

Question 5

What are Perceptual Situational elements?

Answer 5

Represent the person’s past or current environments

Include (1) immediate awareness of the current situation and (2) episodic memories

Question 6

What are Bodily-expressive elements?

Answer 6

Represent the emotion scheme processes through the body including:

Immediate sensations within the body (e.g., a round, knotted feeling in the gut)

Expression of the emotion (e.g., a fearful facial ex- pression and nervous laughter).

Question 7

What are Symbolic-conceptual elements?

Answer 7

Verbal or visual representa- tions of the emotion scheme processes produced through reflective self-awareness of perceptual-situational and bodily- expressive schematic elements.

Symbolic representations often take the form of verbal statements (e.g., “I could be attacked at any moment”), but they also include metaphorical quali- ties (e.g., the color black) associated with the emotion scheme.

Question 8

What are Motivational behavioral elements?

Answer 8

Represent it in the form of associated desires, needs, wishes, intentions (e.g., to be safe from attack), or action tendencies (possible actions; e.g., get rid of the fear by trying to ignore it).

Question 9

What is the emotion scheme nuclear process?

Answer 9

Organizes all the different components around a particular emotion

often only recognized after self-reflection on the other 4 elements