Comes from the Latin word 'Emovere' which means 'to move out'
Emotion
Your reaction to any stimulus and comes from your limbic system, the area in your brain that reacts automatically to the world around you without your rational thought or reasoning
Emotions
Allow you to maintain and develop your relationships into meaningful ones
Are important because they create in us the opportunities to see things meaningfully
Bring out your feelings of self-respect and self-worth
Three Aspects or Components of Emotions
Cognitive
Physical
Behavioral
Cognitive
Refers to the person's appraisal of the situation
Physical
Is the body reaction to feelings or emotions
Behavioral
Is the action tendency to deal with certain emotions
Ways emotions are measured
Self-report instruments or psychological test
Physiological ways
Behavioral manifestations
Types of Emotions
Positive Emotions
Negative Emotions
Positive Emotions
Are associated with good physical and psychological conditions
Some examples: happiness, love, joy, excitement, hope
Negative Emotions
Reduce your efficiency and even your motivation to perform certain tasks
Some examples: anger, rage, boredom, disgust
Steps in managing emotions
1. Noticing and be aware of your emotions
2. Identify and name what you feel
3. Owning and accepting what you feel
4. Discerning what you feel
5. Taking the necessary actions
Emotional Intelligence
The capacity to understand and manage emotions
Includes the individual's ability to motivate oneself despite frustrations, capacity to control impulses, and the ability to emphatize with others
Identify your emotions
Means naming or describing it
Understand emotions
Means making sense and meaning of what you feel
Childhood friendship
Focused on play activities
Manage your emotions
Means knowing how, when, and where to express it
Adolescence
Emotional investment is greater, so you spend more time with your peers
Use your emotions
Means drawing on your emotions to direct your actions, make decisions, and work with your reason to your advantage
Intimate or close relationships
Characterized by trust and self-disclosure
Adolescence
You make time for friends and even hang out with them
To be emotionally intelligent, you need to know how to:
Girls
Usually more intimate and emotionally attached to others
Friendship is a form of relationship between two or more people. It means being with others and not just thinking about yourself.
Types of friendship during adolescence
Acquaintances
Companions
Intimate (best friends)
Acquaintances
A type of friendship where you join only once in a while or occasionally
Companions
A type of friendship where you share same interests through regular interactions
Intimate (best friends)
A type of friendship where you give and receive opinions and support, and find ways to regularly communicate
Peer groups where most teenagers associate
Cliques
Crowds
Clique
Usually composed of smaller members (four to six) who may have the same interests
Crowd
A larger group, composed of 10-20 members who share similar social activities
Girls are more expressive than boys and usually show their intimacy by talking about personal matters, while boys show their intimacy in non-verbal ways</b>
Attraction
A feeling that draws you to become closer to another person
Ways on how attraction to someone is expressed
Smiling by yourself
More encouraged to do well in class
Talk to a friend and share your thoughts
Become physically attractive
Can no longer sleep and concentrate on your task
Phases of romantic relationships
Discovery of interest
Dating
Commitment
Discovery of interest
To know or learn about something or someone
Dating
A form of courtship getting to know one another
Commitment
Love entails being loyal to your partner
Ways to become responsible in a relationship
Clarify your boundaries
Learn to communicate
Invest in an "emotional bank account"
Learn to forgive others
Consult professionals
Teachers
We admire teachers for being dedicated in their work and for planting the seeds of wisdom in our minds