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emotions
- a person’s ability to understand their
- passed away 2006
own emotions, the emotion of others
and to act appropriately using these - books editing 7, 300 articles 45
emotions. chapters in emotional research
- never stops growing because we are
Psychoevolutionary Theory of
always evolving as people, EQ is
Emotion
something that must be nurtured.
- helps categorize emotions into
Self Awareness
primary emotion and the response to
- person’s ability to recognize a them.
sensation/emotion the moment it - primary emotions – evolutionary
occurs. development
-requires mindfulness -response to each emotion is
- critical for psychological insight, self likely
understanding and self acceptance to deliver the highest level of
species.
Managing Emotions
Emotions
- controlling anxiety, depression or
anger - found at all evolutionary levels of
- soothing ourselves species
- equally applicable to
Motivating Oneself
animal’s=humans
- channel our emotions as a means to -evolved differently between species
one goal - evolutionary survival response:
- motivate ourselves, practice discipline enables the organism to survive when
and devote time for creative confronted with environmental
endeavours. challenges
- can be displayed through different
Recognising Emotions in Others mechanisms
- ability to empathize with others - - common elements – emotional
comes back to self-awareness animals
- empathy - ability to feel what others -primary emotions – “idealied”
feel -paired w/ polar
- understand what others opposite.
have to say - varying intensities
- attuned to subtle social Higher EQ, higher chances of
signals - needs of others success
Handling Relationships 8 Basic Emotions
o Anger
- task of leadership, popularity and o Disgust
interpersonal effectiveness o Fear
- guiding them to be more self-aware o Anticipation
->more adept at emotional self o Joy
management, self-motivation, o Surprise
empathy and handling o Sadness
relationships. o Trust
Robert Plutchik The Wheel of Emotion – Robert
Plutchik