Module 9

EMOTIONS
1. Define the meaning of
emotion,
2. Explain the different
theories of emotions,
3. Recognize one’s emotion
if confronted with difficult
situations, and
4. Design an action plan to
correct unpleasant
reactions to negative
situations.
1. You interpret or
appraise some
stimulus (event,
object, or thought) in
terms of your well-
being.
2. You have a subjective
feeling such as fear
or happiness.
3. You experience physiological
responses such as change in heart
rate or breathing.
4. You may show observable behaviors
such as smiling or crying.
 Prepare us for
action
 Shape our future
behavior
 Halp us interact
more effectively
with others
 This theory was
independently
proposed in the late
1800s by two
psychologists, William
James and Carl Lange.
They emphasize
physiological patterns
as causing emotional
feelings.
1. Stimulus triggers different
physiological changes in your body.
2. Your brain interprets different
patterns of physiological changes.
3. Different physiological changes
produce different emotions
4. You may or may not show
observable responses.
 states that we feel
emotions and
experience
physiological
reactions such as
sweating, trembling
and muscle tension
simultaneously.
 first to show that thoughts are
important in generating and
identifying emotional feelings; it also
explains that some stimuli cause a
person to feel physiologically aroused
and the person explains the arousal
feeling by interpreting environmental
cues as causing the emotional feeling
1. Injection of
hormone causes
physiological
arousal.
2. Explanation of
physiological
arousal by using
situational cues.
3. Depending on situation, subjects feel
different emotions.
4. Showing of observable behaviors that
matched emotions.
 This theory
assumes that
your
interpretation
or appraisal of
a situation is
often the
primary cause
of emotions.
1. Stimulus
2. Appraisal
3. Emotion
4. Bodily
Responses
 This theory says that, in some
situations, you feel an emotion before
you have time to interpret or appraise
the situation.
1. Stimulus
2. Emotion
3. Appraisal
4. Bodily
Responses
 Be prepared.

 Know your emotional

triggers and stay away
from them.
 Think about how your emotions
and actions affect others.

 Exercise regularly.
 Be aware of when
you are starting to
get upset. If you’re
tense, feel the
tightness in your
stomach, increase
heart rate, do the
following:
 Deep breathing
exercises
 STOP and think
before you act.
 Walk away. Tell
the people around
you that whatever
is going on is
important, but you
need a break and
will be back later.
 Hum or sing.