CHAPTER SEVEN LESSON ONE KINDS OF EMOTIONS OBJECTIVES

CHAPTER SEVEN LESSON ONE KINDS OF EMOTIONS

OBJECTIVES • EXPLAIN HOW TEENS’ CHANGING LIVES AND BODIES AFFECT THEIR EMOTIONS. • DESCRIBE HOW EMOTIONS CAN BE PLEASANT OR UNPLEASANT. • EXPLAIN HOW EMOTIONS CAN HAVE PHYSICAL EFFECTS.

BELLRINGER • TRY TO IMAGINE A SITUATION IN WHICH ANGER COULD BE A USEFUL EMOTION. WRITE ABOUT THIS SITUATION ON YOUR PAPER.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION HOW COULD UNPLEASANT EMOTIONS BE HELPFUL TO A PERSON?

DEFINITIONS • AN EMOTION IS A FEELING PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO A LIFE EVENT. EMOTIONS ARE CAUSED BY CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE BRAIN THAT AFFECT HOW THE BODY FEELS. • TEEN EMOTIONS ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES HAPPENING IN THEIR BODIES. DURING THE EARLY TEEN YEARS, THE BODY PRODUCES NEW HORMONES. A HORMONE IS A CHEMICAL THAT HELPS CONTROL HOW THE BODY GROWS AND FUNCTIONS.

DEFINITIONS • EMOTIONAL HEALTH IS THE WAY A • PERSON EXPERIENCES AND DEALS WITH FEELINGS. EXPERIENCING ONE EMOTION ALL THE TIME—EVEN HAPPINESS— WOULD BE UNHEALTHY. AN EMOTIONAL SPECTRUM IS A RANGE OF EMOTIONS ORGANIZED BY HOW PLEASANT THEY ARE.

DEFINITIONS • THE EMOTIONS THAT RANGE FROM LOVE • • TO HATE HELP US KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT PARTS OF LIFE. LOVE AND LIKE HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE VALUE OBJECTS, EVENTS, OR RELATIONSHIPS. HATE AND DISLIKE LET US KNOW WHEN WE DO NOT VALUE THESE THINGS.

DEFINITIONS • WHEN ANGER IS USEFUL ANGER IS AN EMOTION OF STRONG DISAPPOINTMENT AND DISPLEASURE THAT FORMS WHEN HOPES ARE NOT MET. ANGER CAN BE HELPFUL IF IT IS DEALT WITH IN HEALTHY WAYS. • WHEN ANGER IS NOT USEFUL ANGER CAN BE UNHEALTHY IF IT IS MISDIRECTED. MISDIRECTION IS AIMING YOUR FEELINGS AT A PERSON WHO DID NOTHING TO CAUSE THOSE FEELINGS.

DEFINITIONS • DURING AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE BRAIN CAUSE CHANGES IN THE BODY. YOUR HEART RATE OR BREATHING RATE MAY CHANGE. THE EFFECTS OF FEAR ARE SHOWN ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

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