Expressing emotions

Question # 1

How do emotions feel in our bodies?

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Question # 2

How can we express our emotions?

Possibility A. Express emotions unedited

Example:Co-workers meet after work and release feelings about the worst customers and/or about managers – saying what they feel and think.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Possibility B. Express emotions edited

Example:Co-workers meet to share feelings about the worst customers and/or managers – but edits anger from the tone of their voices.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Possibility C. Suppress emotions

Example:A co-worker irritates you. You do not express anger about your co-worker before you get home to your family.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Possibility D. Fabricate an emotion

Example:2 people have a disagreement. When a photo is taken, they both smile although they are not happy.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Possibility E. Substitute an emotion with another emotion

Example:You are irritated by a certain rule or norm. You claim openly that you are excited about this, although you are not.

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/32548_3.pdf

Question # 3

How can we express emotions with our faces?

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ekmans-six-basic-emotions-list-definitions-quiz.html#lesson

Joy / happiness

http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/studentHealthServices/documents/PDFs/mental-health/CWS_SOS_for_Emotions_Booklet.pdf

In order for my happiness or unhappiness to be genuinely empathic, it has to be happiness or unhappiness about what makes the other person happy.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/empathy/

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ekmans-six-basic-emotions-list-definitions-quiz.html#lesson

Surprise

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ekmans-six-basic-emotions-list-definitions-quiz.html#lesson

Anger

http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/studentHealthServices/documents/PDFs/mental-health/CWS_SOS_for_Emotions_Booklet.pdf

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ekmans-six-basic-emotions-list-definitions-quiz.html#lesson

Sadness

http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/studentHealthServices/documents/PDFs/mental-health/CWS_SOS_for_Emotions_Booklet.pdf

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ekmans-six-basic-emotions-list-definitions-quiz.html#lesson

Disgust

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/ekmans-six-basic-emotions-list-definitions-quiz.html#lesson

Fear

http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/studentHealthServices/documents/PDFs/mental-health/CWS_SOS_for_Emotions_Booklet.pdf

Question # 4

How can we express emotions with our hands?

Before leaving work each day, employees at Ubiquity Retirement + Savings register their emotions by pressing a button in the lobby.

They have 5 buttons to choose from. One of the buttons is a smiley face.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/manage-your-emotional-culture

http://www.nikoniko.co/

Avoid sending a message in the middle of a strong negative feeling, for example anger.

https://hbr.org/2016/05/outsmart-your-next-angry-outburst