Selfconscious emotions Embarrassment Shame Guilt What are they

Self-conscious emotions

• Embarrassment • Shame • Guilt

What are they and how do they appear o More complicated. o Have no clear elicitors. o Require sense of a self and a set of standards. o Require a certain level of intellectual development. o. Depend on the development of number of cognitive skills. o. Depend on the person`s own experience, expectations and beliefs. o Appear in failing to meet the standards, rules, goals or expectations of a society or a group.

What is the feeling o A Person wishes to: Ø hide Ø disappear Ø die o A Person feels: Ø disappointment Ø confusion Ø sadness o It causes : Ø emotional change Ø body reactions Ø difficult recovery

Embarrassment

What is it ? o An emotional state, experienced upon having a socially or professionally unaccepted act or condition, witnessed by or revealed to others.

What causes it? o unwanted attention o personal actions o being rejected o being exposed

Symptoms o blushing o sweating o nervousness o nervous laughter o desire to disappear

Shame

What is it ? o A painful emotion caused by a strong sense of guilt, embarrassment, unworthiness, or disgrace.

What causes it ? o Situations of : Ø embarrassment Ø dishonor Ø disgrace Ø inadequacy Ø humiliation Ø moral values break Ø unacceptable actions

Symptoms o internal negative feeling o blushing o confusion of mind o lowered head o desire do hide, disappear o sense of heat

Guilt

What is it ? o A cognitive or emotional experience that occurs when a person realises or believes that they have violated a moral standard and bear sole responsibility for that.

What causes it ? o struggle between ego and superego o harmful /inappropriate behaviour toward others o violating universal moral principles o failing to cope with a situation

Symptoms o strong negative feeling o emptiness o uselessness o crying/sadness o internal anger o depression o desire to die

Shame vs. Embarrassment Shame Embarrassment o does not necessary involve public humiliation o involves public humiliation o act is known only to the self o act is known/revealed to others o is a response to something that is morally wrong o morally neutral, but socially unacceptable

Shame vs. Guilt Shame Guilt o violation of cultural or o violation of internal values social values o directly about the self o self is not a central object o a painful feeling about oneself as a person o painful feeling of regret and responsibility for one`s actions

There are some other selfconscious emotions, such as :

Pride

Empathy

Envy

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