Thursday, September 29, 2011

Discussion Questions 5

Isen et al. (1987)  (positive effects)
Do you ever try to "psyche" yourself up (give yourself positive emotions) for a test or event? How successful is that? Any recommendations?
Mathews & MacLeod (2002) (negative effects)
To me negative emotions tend to act in a cyclical fashion to perpetuate themselves. So if I am feeling bad or stressed out it seems like all my thoughts continue to make me feel like that or worse. Do you feel the same? What could the significance of this be in light of today's readings as well as previous articles?
Mayer & Salovey (1997) – Pp. 10-22 (emotional intelligence)
Teaching of emotional intelligence to children seems to be left mostly up to parents. Do you think a class on emotional intelligence should be incorporated into primary education? Do you think there would be disagreements on what to teach? Why has this not been done?

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