PSY1010_W5_Emotional_Stress.html
Emotions are psychological responses of the whole organism resulting from physiological arousal, expressive behaviors and conscious experience. Your body works in sync with the psychological phenomena, preparing a person to deal with the emotional arousal accordingly. Consider the implication of how emotions affect a person's life outside of the immediate effect on their disposition: Although a 70% accuracy for the polygraph may sound pretty good, it is not. If, for example, 5% of 1,000 employees are guilty of misconduct, and all are given the test, 285 innocent employees would be wrongly accused. Outward signs of emotions range from our facial expressions, hand and body gestures, to voice inflections and non-verbal cues. Our emotional state is often reflected in our physical appearance. Facial Expressions Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen, in Unmasking the Face, explain how different facial expressions reflect the emotions of surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness and sadness. The book features several practice exercises that are designed to help the reader become a more adept observer of facial expressions. "Catch the Feeling."
Ekman's method for mapping the face is called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). It breaks expressions down into their component muscles: which ones move, how much, and in what combinations. For example, sadness is typically expressed with raised eyebrows and forehead wrinkles that slope downward and out from the center. In contrast, anger is usually expressed by lowered eyebrows, a hard stare, and lips pressed tightly together, or slightly open, forming a square-shaped mouth. Which occurs first, the emotion or the physical sense of the moment, is a debate that is not settled. There are several theories about how these psychological and physiological issues are linked. The Theories There are two theories that currently describe the relationship of emotion to physical and cognitive factors: James-Lange and Cannon-Bard. William James, and later Carl Lange, place the physical stressor or factor first followed by the emotional expression. To use the text book's illustration, if you were about to be run over by a car, your first thought would be to move quickly out of the way, followed by the emotion of fear for almost having become an accident victim. Walter Cannon teamed up with Philip Bard to refute the James-Lange concept, by explaining that the physiological stimulus and the emotional experience occur simultaneously! The consensus of opinion is actually somewhere in between these two. Arousal is an important ingredient of emotion but there is more to the experience of emotion than seeing the physiological aspect. The Brain and Fear Ralph Adolphs and his colleagues at the University of Iowa report the case of a 30-year-old woman known as S.M., who seems to know no fear and has trouble seeing it in others. When Adolphs showed the woman dozens of photographs of common facial expressions, she could readily identify pure happiness, disgust, and surprise. However, she had difficulty identifying mixed emotions. Fearful expressions mystified her completely. He reports, "When she talks about instances when she 'feels afraid,' there isn't the tension in her voice that you or I have." Rather, he says, S.M. seems adroit at recognizing rationally when she should be afraid based on cues such as loud voices, dark alleys, speeding cars, and manages to stay out of harm's way. Because everyday life is rich with such signals, the woman functions fairly normally and claims she does not feel at all impaired. "She's unconcerned," says Adolphs, "though one could argue that's a symptom of her problem." Do We Need to Vent Our Rage? The notion of catharsis is usually credited to Aristotle. Although he said nothing about aggression, he suggested that we could purge our emotions by experiencing them. Viewing the classic tragedies presumably enabled a "purgation" of pity and fear. Today, some therapists believe that aggressive action or fantasy can reduce the aggressive urge. The "bataca" fight is presumably one form of constructive physical release. A bataca is a foam bat with which people can hit each other without causing injury. Both parties must agree upon the fight, and any differences in physical strength must be compensated. For example, the stronger person may be required to use the non-dominant arm. Rules must also be made, for instance, only legs and arms may be hit and the fight will last for five minutes. A bataca spanking has been suggested as another appropriate physical release for anger and aggression. It is used when one person admits wrongdoing and allows the victim to retaliate. The offender must stand still so that the other person can hit squarely. Other rules are negotiated, as in the bataca fight. Ann Landers, the noted advice columnist, also argues that youngsters ought to be taught to vent their anger in controlled ways. Not all her readers agree, as is evident from this letter:
Flow The text reports that Michalyi Csikszentmihalyi (hereafter referred to as Dr. C) and his colleagues found that people felt happier if mentally engaged by work or active leisure than if they were passive. To be in flow is to be so absorbed in an activity that we lose consciousness of self and time. Dr. C formulated the flow concept after studying artists who worked with enormous concentration. Immersed in a project, they would work as if nothing else mattered and then would promptly forget about it once it was finished. The artists seemed driven less by external rewards of money or recognition than by the intrinsic rewards of creating the work. Think of a time when you were so involved in an activity that you lost consciousness of self and time. |
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Introduction This week we will look at what motivates people and at Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The role of emotions in human behavior will also be examined. The basic emotions of fear, pain, and rage will be considered in more detail. Motivation Motivation is something you can't concretely see, feel, or smell, but you can observe its results. It is inferred from observing the behavior of a person. Some of the underpinnings of motivation are found in instincts, drives and incentives. Abraham Maslow theorized that basic physiological needs must be met first before safety and psychological needs. At the level of basic needs are hunger and sexual drive. The mid-range includes companionship, self-esteem and recognition. The highest level of the hierarchy are what are referred to as self-actualization needs, the demands we place on ourselves to live up to our fullest potential. Variations of psychological factors effect the intensity of how the motivation manifests itself.
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In examining what motivates people, Maslow's hierarchy of needs was considered. The effect of emotions on human behavior was also discussed. The way in which emotions are communicated and the way one person's strong emotions can affect others was explored. We also discussed whether rage should be vented or controlled. Finally, we looked at studies of daily moods and behavior. |
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This week, the study of psychology has been introduced. The limitations of human reasoning and the need for conclusions based on data were pointed out. The importance of constructing experiments that are free from bias was discussed. Unbiased data is attained from experiments where the subjects do not know what is expected. It may be necessary to mislead subjects about the nature of the experiment, but this must be done in an ethical manner. |
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