HSS 2102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Robert Plutchik, Interpersonal Communication, Shyness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2102
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

Document Summary

Emotion: physical feeling you have when reacting to a situation: fundamental to effective and ethical communication; role in how you develop, maintain, and strengthen interpersonal relationships. Robert plutchik: psychoevolutionary emotion theory highlights the development and meaning of emotions: each basic emotion has a range of feelings (mild to intense, some emotions blend two or more emotions; ex. Despair: fear and sadness: primary level emotions can be described as instinctive, primary emotions: happy, sad, angry, afraid. Secondary emotions: developed through socialization and cultural education: ex. Values, beliefs, perceptions, and cultural diversity have an impact of emotions within all aspects of our communication with each-other. Asian and aboriginal cultures are more reserved in their display of emotions, while north american and europeans more readily show their emotions. Some emotions are hardwired in terms of survival while others are learned and influenced by the environment, including culture.