1. We have talked about how one might express how they feel when it comes to their emotions, but what happens if you cannot express those emotions verbally. Think about all of the other ways we can express our feelings without words. “Humans communicate emotion through touch (Thompson & Hampton, 2011), body movement and posture (de Gelder et al., 2004; Hadjikhani & de Gelder, 2003; Parkinson et al., 2017), tone of voice (Simon- Thomas et al., 2009), and especially through facial movements and expressions.”
Explain which forms of emotions are innate (natural) or learned. Think about all of the facial expressions an individual can make or have. Would you say they are innate or learned? Create a scenario on how you would use facial expressions as a form on communicating emotion. (150 words, 1 APA source)
2. Emotions are the feelings aspect of consciousness, basically how we feel, happy, sad, angry, and so on. They are a part of being human. There are three elements of emotions, physical, behavioral, and subjective, which influence our daily lives.
How does one’s emotional reaction to an event impact the outcome (if at all) in your opinion?
Using the three elements of emotion, describe a time in which your emotional response influenced the event? (150 words, 1 APA reference)
3. A woman was patiently waiting in her car for a parking space. The space was being vacated by a truck, which when the truck backed up, it blocked the woman from pulling straight in. Just as the truck had cleared the space, a jeep took into the space in front of the truck and took the space the woman in the car had been intending to park.
Upon seeing this, the woman in the car became furious. She climbed out of her vehicle and went to the jeep in her space, and began yelling at the driver. It became quite a scene and police were called.
Do you think this woman was being assertive or aggressive? Whats the difference between the two? (150 words, 1 APA reference)
