ECE1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parenting Styles, Emotional Contagion, Internal Monologue
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Emotions play an important role in motivating and focusing human behaviour and social interactions. Cognitive changes: mind plans an important role in determining how we feel bodily components of emotions are similar, we differentiate them with the labels and cognitive interpretations we give our physical symptoms. In particular, the position of the culture on the individualism- collectivism spectrum. Biological sex and gender: best predictor of ability to detect and interpret emotional expressions. Social conventions: rarely disclose feelings, reluctance to threaten the face" of others. Social roles: lose ability to feel deeply. Fear of self-disclosure: risk harming, self-image, misunderstandings, causing discomfort, and making yourself vulnerable to cruelty or thoughtlessness. Emotional contagion: process by which emotions are transferred from one person to another. Recognize your feelings: affectively oriented people more aware of their own emotions than people with low affective orientation, being aware of one"s feelings is important for communication.