We as humans derive from emotions, every emotional synapse in are brain connects to the dispositions of one’s life. Throughout are whole life we develop emotional regulation, learning effortful control and expressing emotions. We develop our self-concept through life, guiding are impulses and are coping mechanisms.
Is it normal for one to express emotion, if so towhat degree? Are Gender, Culture, Religion, and norms of society effect how one would manage, experience or express emotions. Someone with emotional intelligence, would understand cognitive emotional management and flexibility. This individual would also portray emotional complexity. Which is being open, flexible, honest, understand we all as humans learn from our mistakes (Academy of Management Review, Vol.42 No.2, https 2017). Emotional complexity and cognitive flexibility can help one manage emotions. We as humans are naturally born to express our emotions, with facial expressions, but globally we all express and feel different emotions. If an individual fails to develop emotional stability, this may lead to
Cook 3mental health issues requiring clinical physician. This would help to participate in therapy techniques that would assess the individuals emotional state of mind. Furthermore, nature and nurture from our parents, to social peers, social media icons can influence are emotions. Therefore, i believe for one to acquire emotional intelligence, one needs to fulfill the five stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and understand the Hierarchy of Natural Systems!Emotional Intelligence & Management.First step is to acquire all four of emotional intelligence domains, self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, relationship-management.
Self-awareness is the realization that one is well defined in different mind, body actions, then those of others. Self-management requires emotional self-control, the way one adapts, how one makes achievements, and their positive outlook on life. Social-Awareness requires empathy the ability to share emotions with another person, understand what they are experiencing. Organizational-Awareness is key to understanding the brake down of any system, or foundations. Relationship-Management includesone to influence others to keep evolving to a higher state of mind.
This involves one to coach andmentor children, adults, addicts, by sharing one’s story can help others grow emotionally. Teamwork is vital for the world to turn, communication nation-wide can help our country better understand emotional behaviors. Inspirational-leadership is a person’s higher power/ god religionthat guides the individual to a clear state of mind and emotional regulation (Harvard Business Review. https 2017). How emotions play out demonstrates an individual’s behavior and how they cope/manage the experience or altercation. There are negative emotions anger, sadness, fear, then there is positive emotions happiness, hope, joy and pride Each of these displays how we
Cook 4manage are emotions given these circumstances. When handling any given situation, one should bring an unbiased perspective, stability of adapting and flexibleness to any given situation. All humans’ cognitive behaviors derive from our biological sorting of emotions, till death we will beadapting to emotions. Gender plays a role in how one manages emotions, women express more and less control of their emotions then men, men don’t talk about emotions openly and can control their emotional regulation better. Two other types of characteristics affect human’s introverts and extrovert. When in critical situation an introvert would not react as affectively to the situation, compared to an extrovert. Extroverts respond with being open to the given situation, also being emotionally stable during the situation and being aware of their surroundings.
On the other hand, fear is contagious, but we all choose what emotions we replicate. Some people are not aware of their real emotions, this can create conflict on how one would express emotion. Emotional intelligence can be linked health wise too, psychological, physical, and mental disabilities (Academy of Management Review, vol. 42. No. 2, https 2017). There are several ways one could manage emotions; a person can change their negative expression to the stimuli. By controlling how our emotions are portrayed fully relies on someone being aware of them. According to Steven McCornack, there are two ways frequently used to manage one’s emotion, suppression and venting (81).
When someone blocks out an emotional response, they are suppressing behavioral exhibited reactions. One could burst overflowing with millions of emotions they suppressed, and never dealt with. The opposite to this is venting openly expressing are thoughts and emotions, letting them out as if it frees you of the stressor. People vent positive to negative emotions, both ways are beneficial to cope or manage stress (82). McCornack also implied four strategies, to prevent unpleasant emotions from occurring starting with encounter avoidance. This is to refrain from places, people, or action that you know
Cook 5will provoke negative emotions. Second is encounter structuring, this is when we know others don’t see are perspectives. So, we avoid specific topics that conflict negative emotion around certain people, like are grandma. Third is attention focus, one will devote all their attention only to things that fit their norms and don’t create negative emotion. The fourth prevention strategy is reappraisal, by vigorously changing the way one perceives emotional responses. Understanding our actions and adjusting the way we respond. Reappraisal is very valuable due to taking care of the core issue before one burst out of emotions (82). In order to achieve reappraisal, one must follow two steps. First step is when you’re facing a displeasing emotion, only think of the positive factors of the encounter.
Retrain your brain to be productive communication wise, and tackle displeasing situations. Second step is to think of the short and long-term effects of one’s actions, how will your actions now effect your future (83)?Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs & Experiencing Emotions.According to Saul McLeod, one must obtain the four levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Beginning with areas of deficiency that lead to the highest level of growth which is conquering one’s ultimate potential.
The level of deficiency is a must, its what makes one’s brainmature. When people are deprived from normal essentials not met, this will inspire one to meet the needs one is lacking. Like an onion everyone must develop these layers to acquire the ultimate growth, without one layer one would fail to grow properly. Harmful life situations loss of job, divorce, addictions can make one waver between levels. So, no one goes straight up the levels, one may waver up and down the levels with set backs in life. Major basic need is physicalsurvival, after that’s met, we move up a level (saul-mcleod.html). The first base level of the pyramid is physiological needs, main biologic necessities for humans to survive. Like water, food, clothes, shelter, warmth, sleep and sex. These needs are utmost important for one to obtain
Cook 6secondary needs and be able to grow. Second base level is safety needs, shielded from elements by law, order, freedom from fear, security and stability. Third base level is love and belonging, socially one feels accepted loved by peers. Behavior is influenced by the need to have personal relationships with others. Like being a part of a bowling group, having healthy intimate relationships. Trusting others and being trusted, showing empathy! The forth base level is esteemneeds, two areas classified by Maslow, one is having self-esteem having independence, dignity, mastered of achievements.
Second area is the way others perceive you, how your respected and your reputation, these qualities are a must for one’s dignity or self-esteem. When all other needs are met one will acquire the fifth base level, which is self-actualization. When a person understands their own potential and how they can help the world. Once this stage is reached, one’s desires of everything one ever imagined to be, is reality (sual-mcleod.html). From the moment of birth are primal instincts are to communicate through facial expressions. From pursing our lip of revulsion and crinkling are nose, to the corners of our mouths raising with smiles of joy.
Baby’s in the womb can express disgust and distress, their first internal stages of life. Emotional facial expressions like happiness, surprise, or sadness can be imitated by newborns at birth. Babies were shown pictures of an angry face, and a happy face,the baby chose to stare at the happy image over the angry image. Are internal features being, a combination of cheeks, eyes, mouth and nose develops over time to create our emotional expressions. So, if a baby prefers one face, from another does this mean babies can discriminate?I believe so, even if they don’t know what they are doing (PLOS, Mar. 2018). The Biopsychosocial Approach & Expressions of Emotions Across Nations Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, is like the Hierarchy of Natural Systems in a way they breakdown an individual’s needs to be better for society. While Maslow helped one understand basic guidelines to become the best person we each can be, the Biopsychosocial Approach guides each patient with medical knowledge. Both biologically, psychologically, socially help us
Cook 7as humans understand the emotional aspects we go through in life. We can understand how disease, illness, and suffering can affect micro to macro organizations. Between both physical and mental health factors is complex (Ann Fam Med, Nov. 2004). The pyramid for Biopsychosocial base starts with self-awareness, second base cultivation of trust, base three emotional style distinguished by empathetic curiosity, reduce biasness with self-calibration. Basefour to assist with diagnoses one must educate one’s emotions to form therapeutic connection, base five enlightened intuition, base six is showing evidence that clinically applies medical knowledge to one’s patent. Per George Engel he believed, to fully comprehend and respond moderately to patents pain and suffering, we should make them feel understood-clinicians shouldmanage concurrently with the biological, psychological, and social factors of illness.
He questioned leading clinicians, for treating patients as objects, and if the subject was being forced into scientific studies. Engel tried to reverse the disempowerment of patients and the dehumanization’s of medicine. That is why he added a base of compassion and empathy to medical organizations (Ann Fam Med, Nov. 2004).A child’s emotional development can be effected by environmental factors, social norms also shape how we react to situations. Experiencing and expressing emotions are influenced by rule and norms of society. Showing us that across nations emotions vary, changing geographically around the world. Studies show that definite features of emotions are biologicallyindividually hardwired, by our ancestors. Universally and by nature aspects, add to experiencing and expressing of emotions.
One’s social economic status affects one’s emotional awareness, dueto poverty one may not develop fully to functionally display emotions in public properly. Anger and sadness are two emotions most common across nations. Western nations say that emotional regulation vary from the child’s gender and age. U.S. found that a child’s emotional regulation skills upgrade as they develop and constantly changes biological, cognitive, and socially. What one nation see’s as dysfunctional behavior, might not be considered the same in another! So, this can fully explain why across nations we experience and express emotions different (The British Psychological Society, 2012).
As a nation, we as humans can learn to be more open and understanding of other culturesand norms across nations. We must show unconditional compassion and empathy no matter the creed, gender, religion, or nationality. For one to gain emotional intelligence, one should consider these types of models I have explained above. We all derive the need to know who we truly are as humans, why we act the ways we do, evolving to revolve in a never-ending state in life. Therefore, I believe by obtaining Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and understanding the Hierarchy of Natural Systems, one’s emotional intelligence can be developed to the highest.
