Chapter 7 (Emotional Experiences) Flashcards
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| 2315704545 | Original view saw intense emotions as... | ...dysfunctional and irrational ..."the beast within" | 0 | |
| 2315706318 | Anette Stanton | -UCLA -Emotions can be adaptive -Discovered flaws in previous research -studied emotion-focused coping | 1 | |
| 2315712655 | Approach Oriented Emotion-Focused Coping | -Active movement toward, rather than away from a stressful encounter -Emotional Approach-oriented (rather than avoidance) -Involves 2 related, yet distinct processes: -->emotional processing -->emotional expression | 2 | |
| 2315721349 | Emotion-Focused Coping | -Involves 2 related, yet distinct processes: -->Emotional processing -->Emotional expression | 3 | |
| 2315723241 | Emotional Processing | Attempts to understand emotions -I realize my feelings are valid and important -I take time to figure out what I am really feeling -I delve into my feelings to get a thorough understanding -I acknowledge my emotions | 4 | |
| 2315727207 | Emotional Expression | Free and intentional displays of feeling -I feel free to express my emotions -I take time to express my emotions -I allow myself to express my emotions -I let my feelings come out freely | 5 | |
| 2315731811 | Emotion-Focused Coping Research on effectiveness of approach-oriented emotion-focused coping and: | cancer, parental illness, chronic racism, infertility, chronic pain | 6 | |
| 2315737845 | Emotion-Focused Coping: Cancer | Breast Cancer Women who used emotion-focused coping: -perceived their health status as better -had lower psychological distress -had fewer medical appointments for cancer-related pain and ailments | 7 | |
| 2315743476 | Emotion-Focused Coping: Parental Illness | Students coped better with stressors if they were assigned to sessions that matched their emotional approach tendencies -those with preference for expressing emotions did better when attending sessions that allowed them to vent emotions -others did better when placed in sessions that provided information and facts | 8 | |
| 2315749704 | Emotion-Focused Coping: Racism | Positive appraisal of emotion-focused coping options may intervene in the relationship between self-esteem, life satisfaction, and racial identity development -those who feel they have ways of coping emotionally with experiences of discrimination tend to have greater self-esteem and greater life satisfaction | 9 | |
| 2315755880 | Emotional Expression and Culture | -Westerners seem to benefit from expressing emotions in a meaningful way -Asian cultures encourage suppression of emotion, to preserve harmony -Emotional suppression in Chinese not necessarily associated with negative core -Asians who are expected to emote expressively may feel stress | 10 | |
| 2315759857 | Emotional Intelligence (history) | -Early view of emotions as undermining intelligence -1960-Mowrer: "emotion as a high order of intelligence" | 11 | |
| 2315764448 | Bar-On: | "an array of noncognitive capabilities, competencies, and skills that help us deal with the demands of environment" | 12 | |
| 2315767097 | EQ-I inventory measures... | personality and mood variables -bar-on definition and measure do not overlap well | 13 | |
| 2315770069 | Peter Salovey & John Mayer | -Adapting to life circumstances requires cognitive abilities and emotional skills -Identified 3 core components: -->appraisal and expression -->regulation -->utilization | 14 | |
| 2315774740 | EI Four Branch Ability Model | 1. Perceiving Emotions 2. Using Emotions to Facilitate Thought 3. Understanding Emotions 4. Managing Emotions (mood regulation skills) | 15 | |
| 2315780087 | EQ/EI Dimensions | -knowing one's emotions -handle interpersonal relationships -motivate oneself -recognize emotions in others -manage one's emotions | 16 | |
| 2315785599 | EQ/EI related to Well-Being? | -People higher in EI had better relationships with friends and family and more satisfying romantic relationships (lower levels of conflict, more emotional support, more intimacy, more affection) -People high in EI reported higher life satisfaction and psychological well-being -Higher EI related to higher merit pay and higher rank within a company -Physicians had more satisfied patients and even better clinical outcomes | 17 | |
| 2315789508 | EQ | Emotional Quotient | 18 | |
| 2315793996 | Emotional Intelligence | Can teach/learn the skills needed to: -reason about emotions -use emotional material to assist reasoning Based upon the four-branch ability model | 19 | |
| 2315797397 | Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) | 2 sets of tasks designed to assess each of the 4 branches of the ability model | 20 | |
| 2315800856 | Anectotal evidence = | children, youth, and adults can be taught to use emotional experiences adaptively | 21 | |
| 2315801703 | More empirical data needed to determine if EI can be... | ...enhanced via skill development programs | 22 | |
| 2315803133 | Description of High EI Individual | -Greater social effectiveness -Better at perceiving emotions -Better at using emotions and thought -Better at managing emotions -Less effort required to solve emotional problems -Drawn to occupations involving social interactions -Less apt to engage in problem behaviors | 23 | |
| 2315806522 | The Case of Maria, teacher | Success in the classroom was due to her ability to: 1. Perceive the emotions of her students 2. Use emotions to spark creativity 3. Understand the emotions of her students 4. Manage her own emotions as a role model | 24 | |
| 2315808778 | James Averill (2009) | -emotional creativity -theory posits that people can use emotions in creative ways that foster a greater sense of meaning, vitality, and connectedness in life | 25 | |
| 2315812171 | Socioemotional Selectivity: Laura Carstensen | -Stanford -Theory: how people actively regulate aspects of their emotional lives throughout the lifespan -->posits that psychological goals remain throughout the lifespan, but their salience changed depending on one's place in the life cycle (ex: drives to seek out info and to develop a positive self-concept are most important during adolescence and become less important with age) | 26 | |
| 2315819409 | Carstensen | -posits people's perception of how much time they have left in life exerts a powerful influence -aged tend to perceive time as limited, so affects goals people choose to pursue (becomes more present based) | 27 | |
| 2315824958 | Carstensen Research | -older vs. middle-aged couples compared -older showed better regulation of emotions while dealing with conflicts involving such issues as finances, children, and in-laws | 28 | |
| 2315831828 | Later rears are valuable because: | -focus less on negative emotions -engage more deeply with emotional content of our days -savoring more of the "good stuff" -appreciation later in life due to realization that time is limited | 29 | |
| 2315836877 | "the positivity effect" | older people recalled positive material more quickly than the negative material | 30 | |
| 2315839867 | Jaime Pennebaker | -University of Texas -Studied emotional upheaval -Studied emotional storytelling of traumatic events via process of writing | 31 | |
| 2315843703 | writing about emotional upheaval leads to... | health benefits (especially when the writing contains more positive emotion words and more insight/causality) -->beneficial for people who prefer emotion-focused coping | 32 | |
| 2315847771 | probability that we will share emotional events with others | 95% | 33 | |
| 2315848633 | Writing exercises associated with positive outcomes: | Fewer physician visits Improvements in health Improvement in quality of life for breast cancer patients Benefits to gay and lesbian people dealing with discrimination | 34 | |
| 2315852088 | Pennebaker Paradigm | (systematic written disclosure across brief sessions) applied to: -job loss -diagnosis of illness -relationship breakups | 35 | |
| 2315858340 | Emotional Storytelling... | -works best (>immune response) for those who are hostile -works well(health benefits) for those with alexithymia(difficulty identifying and making sense of emotions) -used to process intense negative emotions | 36 | |
| 2315865486 | Emotions and Culture | -Emotional experience is not universal: -Precursors differ based on context --->How we construe the current situation -Experience differs based on context --->E.g., expression (Western culture) vs. suppression (Eastern culture) of anger -Expressions differ based on context --->E.g., less intense emotional expression is more functional for Asian individuals | 37 | |
| 2315871358 | Life Enhancement Strategies | *Love************ --Practice more "feeling words" --Set new goals for relationships *Work************ --Acknowledge emotional undercurrents of communication --Seek out EI at work seminars *Play************ --Become an emotional story teller --Learn and practice meditation skills | 38 |