Unfolding the
Emotional
Self
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Module 5. Unfolding the
Emotional Self
Module Objectives
To understand human emotions and recognize
healthy ways in controlling and regulating one’s
emotion.
Module 5. Unfolding the Unit 2. Emotional Regulation
Emotional Self This unit continues discussion on
the emotional aspect of the Self,
This module focuses on the emotional from emotional intelligence to
dimension of self. This broadly tackles the healthy emotional expression and
different aspects of human emotions and regulation. It will highlight
reactions that we put to different emotional practical applications of
experiences. This also thoroughly covers emotional intelligence to one’s
discussions on emotional intelligence and daily activities.
emotional regulation.
Unit 1. Human Emotions and
Emotional Intelligence
This unit will delve into understanding of
one’s emotional self through the lens of
emotional intelligence theories, particularly
in the aspects of emotional awareness and
emotional management.
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UNIT 1. Human Emotions and Emotional
Intelligence
This unit will delve into understanding of one’s
emotional self through the lens of emotional
intelligence theories, particularly in the aspects of
emotional awareness and emotional
management.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this Unit, students are expected to
demonstrate the following:
1. Ability to describe and explain the emotional side of themselves through the lens of emotional
intelligence models.
2. Identify and explain factors that influence one’s emotionality.
3. Apply emotional intelligence to their daily lives.
Diagnostics
Learning Checkpoint
Do you AGREE or DISAGREE?
Emotions are as important as logic and reasoning.
Emotions cannot be managed.
Emotions do not influence our interpersonal relationships.
Every individual has the same level and expression of emotionality.
There are universal ways of expressing emotions.
Unit 1. Human Emotions and Emotional
Intelligence
An important aspect of our Self is acknowledging that we have The Human Emotions
emotions.
• Emotions serve as a driving force in many of our behaviors;
•we use it as one of the basis in making a decision;
•embracing certain lifestyles;
•and relating to others.
However, while we can immediately recognize our emotions, there is
difficulty in defining it and for some people, difficulty in controlling it.
However, it is not to say that our emotions rule us and become the
basis of our decisions; an important point to remember is every
individual has the capacity to manage them.
Emotions is defined as the “lower level responses occurring in the
brain, creating biochemical reactions in the body, which results in
changes of one’s physical state” (Hampton, 2015).
Emotions
“ the mental portrayal of what is going on in your body
Emotions & Feelings
when you have an emotion and is the byproduct of your
brain perceiving and assigning meaning to the emotion”
(Hampton, 2015).
Feelings
Thus, feelings are subjective experiences that frame our
interpretation of emotion. Feelings are subjective since
there are based on our beliefs and past experiences.
When we make a particular decision, aside from using
logic and reason in deliberating about our choice, we ask
ourselves “how do I feel about making this decision? Does
it feel good? Does it feel right?”
Emotional Intelligence
For Bar-On (1997), “it is an array of non-cognitive
abilities, competencies, and skills that influence one’s
ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands
and pressures.”
According to Mayer, Salovey, and Caruso (2004), it is “the
capacity to reason about emotion, and of emotions to
enhance thinking. It includes the abilities to accurately
perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as
to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional
knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to
promote emotional and intellectual growth”.
Goleman (2005), it is the “capacity for recognizing our own
feelings and those of other, for motivating ourselves, and for
managing emotions effectively in ourselves and others.”
Module 5. Unfolding the Unit 2. Emotional Regulation
Emotional Self This unit continues discussion on
the emotional aspect of the Self,
This module focuses on the emotional from emotional intelligence to
dimension of self. This broadly tackles the healthy emotional expression and
different aspects of human emotions and regulation. It will highlight
reactions that we put to different emotional practical applications of
experiences. This also thoroughly covers emotional intelligence to one’s
discussions on emotional intelligence and daily activities.
emotional regulation.
Unit 1. Human Emotions and
Emotional Intelligence
This unit will delve into understanding of
one’s emotional self through the lens of
emotional intelligence theories, particularly
in the aspects of emotional awareness and
emotional management.
Click Here to Begin
UNIT 2. Emotional Regulation
This unit continues discussion on the emotional
aspect of the Self, from emotional intelligence to
healthy emotional expression and regulation. It
will highlight practical applications of emotional
intelligence to one’s daily activities.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this Unit, students are expected to
demonstrate the following:
1. Describe and explain their emotional development as adolescents.
2. Ability to describe and explain specific mechanisms of emotional expression and regulation.
3. Identify appropriate situations in which emotional regulation should be practiced.
Diagnostics
Learning Checkpoint
Do you AGREE or DISAGREE?
Emotional regulation is learned.
Each person has different ways of managing his emotions.
There is only one way of controlling emotions, across all situations.
Emotional regulation helps us in our personal development.
Emotional expression is generally regarded as negative.
Unit 2. Emotional Regulation
In a cultural aspect, emotional regulation is defined as
“all the processes that help to attain culturally
appropriate or functional emotional experiences”. This
definition underlies the importance of culture in our
emotional behavior.
We need to contextualize how we manage our emotions
in an appropriate manner; we need to adopt strategies
that would fit the cultural context we live in. In the Asian
context, emotional regulation is influenced by “culturally
valued relationship frameworks”. This will ensure our
social competence in a variety of situations; within our
homes, our school environments, and society at large.
How do we develop emotional regulation abilities? We
learn to regulate emotions primarily through
observational learning, and social referencing,
particularly on the basis of family.
Some common strategies employed in emotional regulation:
Strategy Description
Rumination Passive or repetitive focusing of one’s attention or one’s source of distress or causes of it.
Distraction Diverting one’s attention away from emotional stimulus and towards other content.
Acceptance Allowing the experience of emotion w/o attempts to alter or suppress it.
Behavioral Avoidance Actions a person takes to escape from difficult thoughts and feelings
Expressive Suppression Inhibiting emotional expressions
Reappraisal reinterpreting the meaning of an event so as to alter its emotional impact
Worry directing attention to thoughts and images concerned with potentially negative events in the future. [
However, there are common characteristics shared by individual who have achieved emotional
maturity and efficacy. These individual manifest the following qualities that enable effective
emotional regulation:
1. Self-control. Managing disruptive impulses.
2. Trustworthiness. Maintaining standards of honesty and integrity.
3. Conscientiousness. Taking responsibility for one’s performance.
4. Adaptability. Handling change with flexibility.
5. Innovation. Being open to new ideas.
6. Empathy. Understanding other people and putting yourself in their shoes.
