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How emotions affect us

Read the first page of the article only 2) Choose 2 interesting quotes from the text. To be Handed in: On looseleaf , first recopy the quote, then paraphrase it (do this for both quotes). How emotions affect us. Have you ever had a good hair day on a day when you were depressed?.

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How emotions affect us

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  1. Read the first page of the article only • 2) Choose 2 interesting quotes from the text. • To be Handed in: • On looseleaf, first recopy the quote, then paraphrase it (do this for both quotes). How emotions affect us

  2. Have you ever had a good hair day on a day when you were depressed?

  3. Your current ‘state of mind’ can effect your perception of the world at any given moment.

  4. Mood-dependent memory ‘Our present mood affects which other memories are most readily accessible’

  5. Mood-congruent Memory • Congruence: • a state of agreement • Memory retrieval is more accurate when our current mood matches the mood we were in when we encoded the memory

  6. What is the best way to improve your mood? • Relaxation • Stress management • Cognitive control • Exercise

  7. We overestimate the duration of the emotional impact of a negative event.

  8. Flexibility and adaptability Keys to happiness in life…

  9. ‘ The more often a person stays in the negative processing state, the more difficult it can be for them to return to a balanced state of perception’.

  10. Mood and Personality Disorders • A person’s state of mind is frozen in an irrational or unbalanced orientation of perception. • “All good or all bad- nothing in between.

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