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| an intense reaction to an event that involves interpreting the meaning of the event, become physiologically aroused, labeling the experience as emotional, attempting to manage our reaction, and communicating this reaction in the form of emotional displays and discolsures |
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| talking about our emotional experiences with our relationship partners; disclosing emotions, talking about them, and pondering them |
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| when the experience of the same emotion rapidly spreads from one person to others; can be positive or negative |
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| emotions that involve unique and consistent behavioral displays across cultures; six primary emotions are: joy, surprise, disgust, anger, fear, and sadness |
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| two or more primary emotions occur simultaneously |
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| short-termed emotional reactions to events that generate only limited arousal; they typically do not trigger attempts to manage their experience or expression |
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| low-intensity states that are not caused by particular events and typically last longer than feelings or emotions |
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| norms about which forms of emotion management and communication are socially desirable and appropriate |
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| the broader ability to interpret your own and others' emotions accurately and use this information to manage emotions, communicate them constructively, and solve realtionship problems |
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| attempts to influence which emotions you have, when you have them, and your experience and expression of them |
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| inhibiting thoughts, arousal, and outward behavioral displays of emotion |
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| allowing emotions to dominate our thoughts and explosively expressing them |
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| involves staying away from people, places, or activities that you know will provoke emotions you don't want to experience. |
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| intentionally avoiding specific topics that you know will provoke unwanted emotion during encounters with others |
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| intentionally avoiding specific topics that you know will provoke unwanted emotion during encounters with others |
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| intentionally devoting your attention only to aspects of an event or an encounter that you know will not provoke an undesired emotion |
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| systematically desensitizing yourself to emotional experience |
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| actively changing how you think about the meaning of emotion-eliciting situations so that their emotional impact is changed |
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| a blended emotion, a combination of the surprise and joy coupled with a number of positive feelings such as excitement, amazement, and sexual attraction |
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| a negative primary emotion that occurs when you are blocked or interrupted from attaining an important goal by what you see as the improper action of an external agent |
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| put yourself into a near-constant state of arousal and negative thinking |
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| openly expressing your emotions enables you to purge them |
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| named for former President; when you are mad slowly count to 10 before you speak; if you are very angry slowly count to 100 |
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| intense sadness that follows a substantial loss |
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| sharing messages that express emotional support and that offer personal assistence |
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