Task 3 - Emotion regulation and intelligence Flashcards
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Emotional regulation
Process by which individuals modify the trajectory of one or more components (type, intensity, time course, quality and expression) of an emotional response
The Process Model of Emotion Regulation (James Gross)
A framework for classifying emotion based on the point at which they have their biggest impact, leading to the distinction of 5 families of emotion regulation strategies:
1. Situation Selection
2. Situation Modification
3. Attentional Deployment
4. Cognitive change
5. Response modulation
Situation selection
The Process Model of Emotion Regulation
Involves choosing (confrontation) or avoiding (avoidance) some activities, people or places as a function of their expected emotional impact
Situation modification
The Process Model of Emotion Regulation
- Direct situation modification: Problem-focused coing; taking practical action to change the situation
- Support seeking: Seeking other’s assistance in modifying situations
- Conflict resolution: Involving steps to modify (defuse) a conflict situation
Attentional deployment
The Process Model of Emotion Regulation
Involves altering how we feel by selecting the emotion we attend to
1. Distraction: Shift attention away
2. Rumination: Perservative focus on thoughts/feelings associated with negative emotion
3. Mindful attention awareness: Paying attention to present moment in a non-judgmental way
Cognitive change
The Process Model of Emotion Regulation
Changing the way we think in order to change the way we feel
1. Self-efficacy appraisal
2. Challenge appraisal: Focusing on the potential gains not the costs of a challenge
3. Threat appraisal: Person appraises situation as exceeding resources or focusing on potential losses
4. Positive reappraisal
5. Acceptance
Response modulation
The Process Model of Emotion Regulation
- Strategies that target the experiential (subjective feelings, psychological (heart rate etc..) and/or behavioral components of the emotional response
- Occurs late in emotion generative process, after response tendencies have developed
- Example: Substance use, aggression, emotion sharing
Emotional intelligence and emotion regulation
People scoring high on EI tests are assumed to regulate their emotions better than people scoring low on EI tests
Intelligent emotion regulation
Ability to use emotion regulation in a flexible manner and in a way that is
consistent with one’s goals and thus adaptive.
Tripartite model of EI
- Knowledge about emotions and emotional competencies
- Ability to apply this knowledge
- Traits: The disposition to behave a certain way
Relation between Trait EI and achievement
Perera, 2016
TEI affects 3 types of processes which in turn influence academic performance:
1. Cognitive processes
2. Motivational processes
3. Interpersonal processes
Emotional intelligence (EI)
Hogeveen et al., 2016
A set of emotional abilities that enable individuals to interpret and respond to the
emotional states of themselves and others in order to adaptively shape thought and behavior
Bar-on’s mixed model
EI is defined as array of noncognitive abilities which influences an individuals adaptive success by shaping their interpretation and response to environmental demands
Emotional quotient inventory
Bar-on’s mixed model
Accompanies Bar-on’s mixed model, self-report emotional intelligence inventory measuring five main scales:
1. Intrapersonal scale
2. Interpersonal scale
3. Adaptability
4. Stress managment
5. General mood
Salovey and Mayer’s integrative model
Define EI as a set of emotional abilities that enable individuals to carry out accurate reasoning about emotions and the ability to use emotions and emotional knowledge to enhance thought
Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence test (MSCEIT)
A performance-based measure of emotional intelligence that is a companion to the Mayer and Salovey integrative model of EI
Emotional awareness (in the brain)
Defined as conscious recognition of one’s own feelings
Brain regions:
Insula, ACC, ventromedial PFC
Emotion recognition (in the brain)
Defined as ability to recognize emotions of others
Brain regions:
Amygdala, ventromedial PFC, somatosensory cortex, insula, ACC
Empathy and prosocial behavior (in the brain)
Brain regions:
Ventrolateral PFC and insula
Emotional memory (in the brain)
People have superior memory for emotional events.
Brain regions:
Amygdala
Affective theory of mind (ToM) (in the brain)
Ascription of mental states to self and others
Brain regions:
Ventromedial PFC
Emotion regulation (in the brain)
Brain regions:
Ventromedial PFC, ventrolateral PFC, amygdala
