EMOTIONS
NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE
from Latin verb "movere" - to move
internal feelings
external forms of behavior
personality
description of personality consists of emotional-based terms
PRIMARY EMOTIONS
happiness
sadness
fear
anger
surprise
disgust
Associated with face expression
Affect our physical state
adrenaline rush, sweating, throbbing heart, breathing
The James-Lange theory
SECONDARY EMOTIONS ( social)
mixture of emotions
admiration
shame
anxiety
awe
despair
embarrassment
envy
gratitude
guilt
jealousy
pity
pride
regret
SHAPED BY LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
SELF-AWARENESS
There is strong connections between our physical and emotional state
Remove physical symptoms -> remove emotions
mimic physical symptoms -> generate emotion
Emotional contagion
Unconscious mimic of opponent physical expression
Receive an echo of opponent emotions
Distribulation among the group
Crowd aggression
Infant crying
More laughing with friends
CULTURAL FACTOR
Role of BELIEFS
Beliefs affect our emotions
Sounds in your room - just the wind6 not a ghost
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Emotions affect our beliefs
Everyone against you on your bad day
Expression of emotions in language
Amae ( japanese) - the comfort one experience in being completely dependent on another person
Retrouvailles (Франция) - блаженство, ощущаемое при встрече с давно потерянной подругой или возвращении на родину после долгого отсутствия.
Density and intensity of emotions expressed
Americans - express openly as sign of authority and freedom
Chinese - hide their emotions in order to avoid social disturb of others
Emotions as the QUEST of knowledge
Ten-year rule - talent must be supplemented by at least ten years
MOTIVATION to learn, provide, make researches, create - PASSION
Emotions as an OBSTACLE to knowledge
DISTORTED PERCEPTION
Good mood: I'm THE KING OF THE WORLD
Bad mood : Everyone is against me
NEGATIVITY BIAS
Negative emotions are stronger
Negative emotions are more memorable
pink glasses -> depressive realism
TWISTED REASONING
rationalisation
Arguing without arguments
Emotional prejudice
Biased perception - notice only bad things
Selective memory - remember only specific examples that fit
Fallacious reasoning - conclusions from limited experience
Emotive language
RISK ASSESMENT ( fear factors)
Our evolutionary past -threats of past
Fear of Unknown
Our control ( is illusion)
Immediacy ( smoking -> lung cancer is so far away)
Salience - risk sticks in your mind - TV programs
IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
LOVE
EMOTION AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
Emotional illumination
Projection of reality
Making decisions
Pattern
Rational emotions
Distinguishing between important and unimportant
Appropriate - sensitive to the real nature of situation ( fear for fearful ghost)
Proportionate - right degree of emotions ( not too much)
Emotion as a source of values
Judging on good and bad
Disgust - information about which is beyond reason's power to articulate
Moral knowledge
DOUBTS
Unreliable emotions
Egocentric emotions
Uninformed emotions
Can distort perception
Concern only about our own emotions
Other and over -regarding of emotions
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Knowing our own emotions
Reading other people's emotions
Context
Hard to understand what do we feel
Adjustment to the situation
Emotional control
Cultural display
Known-unknown person
People are not-opened books
Theu control us
We control them