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Customizing My Emotional Spin Cycle:
Annotated Bibliography
by
Michele Holland
Date: October 15, 2001
Instructions for this Report
(the address is:
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Report 1: Customizing My Emotional Spin Cycle
There are three separate parts for each quarter of the spin cycle. The habit of feeling, thinking and acting. The zones are separated into four quadrants, which include rage, depression, mastery, and resolve. The circle represents a display of emotions that cycle throughout the day. There are twelve points in the circle. Initially individuals start at point one in zone one (feeling) and we get negative red feeling towards others? As are emotions continue through thinking and acting we continue with the negative red feeling. We might end up going through point one (feeling) for three for hours and never make it to point four which is blue (feeling) negative self. The reason for this is because of not successfully advancing to the next step. It does not matter if you continue to go on through one and six or one through nine. Many people can go through points one through six and never make it to zone three.
We can watch how we are through feelings, thoughts, and actions and how they keep on changing all day long. It is important to complete each part of the zone to become one zone closer to resolve. The definitions that make up the spin cycle are emotions, feelings, three-fold self, and hierarchy of knowledge. By researching articles and relevant web sites it made it easier to get a clearer definition of each spin cycle element.
Emotions are apart of are everyday lives and since the recent September 11, 2001 tragedy emotions and perceptions of how we are suppose to feel has been all over are TV screens and magazine covers. From newscaster Dan Rather breaking down in tears on the Late Show with David Letterman (September 18, 2001). As a country we have been very appreciative of his empathy, integrity and honesty. Rather stated that he had "an instinctual emotional attachments" to those in the New York attacks. Additionally, Rather broke down after speaking about the brave rescue efforts by firefighters responding to the World Trade Center disaster. He then became teary-eyed again while attempting to recite a line from "America the Beautiful." (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8840,00.html).
According to an interview with Peggy Klaus (2001), a consultant in Berkley, California stated that Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York City has earned high praise for being calm during the events of September 11th disaster, "but it has been his emotional dimension--his empathy for the fallen, his sense of humor in the midst of calamity--that has elevated him to heroic status." According to Goldstein (2001) the impact of what the attacks did to not only to American civilians, but the feelings and emotions by government officials and the military are beginning to come to the surface. Goldstein indicated that the government has supplied almost a hundred psychologists and metal health professionals to work specifically at the Pentagon to counsel the (20,000) government, military, and staff workers effected by the disaster. Goldstein also indicated that prior September 11th the Pentagon did not have any full time working psychologist.
The media has also been displaying emotions and personal feelings during there newscasts. According to Verne Gay (2001) we need to try and get back to normal. That is, "to be normal, feel normal, live normally, and go about our daily affairs in a predictable, familiar way, and to believe that tomorrow, and the day after that, and the next one will be perfectly normal too." He also proposed the question. What is normal? And will we ever get back to being normal with all of the outside influences affecting our perceptions of what is normal?. Media companies (television, radio, newsprint, web sites, etc.) are full of people who confess and indirectly or subconsciously reflect their own feelings onto the institutions and the publics that they serve. If this tells us anything, it tells us not to predict the future right now and that we should not feel bad for feeling emotionally abnormal in an abnormal time and place in our world today. Some other ideas about feelings and emotions are making there way on web sites like http://www.Kidshealth.org. This web site's concept is to provide doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence and is structured around assisting parents and children deal with feelings, emotions, and other challenges that are prevalent in today's culture.
Another great source of information that was discovered during my research was an on-line bibliography (http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/gallery/young/emotion.htm) in the area of emotions and emotional intelligence, the author addresses emotional intelligence, emotions, and methods for researching emotions. Specifically, the author illustrates the works of various authors in the area of emotional intelligence and their varying perspectives. The primary focus of this web site is to question "what is emotional intelligence?" The author highlights the works of Daniel Goleman's book "Emotional Intelligence" (1995), whom defines emotional intelligence as as "the capacity to understand, value, and wisely manage our emotions in our relationship towards ourselves and others... When one is able to achieve emotional intelligence they are more susceptible to be a great leader in both aspects of their lives." Additionally, Goleman separated the book into two separate sections. Part one is the interpersonal intelligence, which is defined as "the ability to understand other people. What motivates them, how do they work, and how they work with others." The second part is intrapersonal intelligence and is a correlative ability turned inward. It is the capacity to form an accurate idea of oneself and to be able to operate effectively in life. So emotional intelligence "is a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor ones self and others emotions to discriminate among them, and to use information to guide ones thinking and actions." Additionally, the author highlights the work of Mayer & Salovey (1993) who identified five sections of emotional intelligence. One, being self-awareness which is to watch yourself and recognize your feelings. Two is to managing your emotions, handle your feelings and actions appropriately. Number three is Motivation, change your actions and emotions to reach a goal or task. Part four is Empathy, be sensitive to others feelings and thoughts. And the last part is making sure to handle and manage others relationships. James & Miller (2001) suggest that "emotional intelligent people are more flexible and open, are empathetic towards others, have a greater since of social responsibility, and are more interpersonally adept." Some people may see emotional intelligence as a sign of the times but most think it is important and here to stay given the recent events of September 11, 2001 and the continued threat of terrorism in the United States and around the world.
Another web site (http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/76-78.htm) provided valuable information about affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor behaviors. The spiritual self on the affective side is an affective organizational function of the spiritual self. The reflexive affective is affective reasoning functions of the reflective self. Cognitive spiritual self is a cognitive organizational function of the spiritual self. Sensorimotor and the automatic self concludes sensorimotor informational functions of the automatic self. The three-fold self can function all of it three parts to work together or separately. It has two parts, red is about others, and blue is about the self. Throughout each there are days we will experience both sides of the spectrum. The reason why we deal with both everyday is because we converse with people and ourselves. When we begin to feel negative rage--feeling towards the world--we then progress into negative thought about others which leads to the sensory motor or the doing part. When you are able to complete the three sections you can move into negative self, feelings, thoughts, and action. You may have to repeat the sections numerous times throughout the day to be able to be at resolve.
What is the hierarchy of motives? Maslow says that there are two different motivations that we are affected by. The first being Survival Motivations-physiological and psychological needs as well (see figure 1). The need to motivate ourselves to be safe and secure of possible danger, and the need for love and self- esteem. The second is growth ? which is our goals, ambitions, creativity, increase in understanding in ones self and others, and ambition to be a good human being (http://psychology.port5.com/humanistic1.html). It is easy to see that the hierarchy of motives which involves emotions, feelings and values. As we know emotions and feelings are apart of our everyday lives. Our emotions determine how we feel and then we use our values to accommodate with society. Values are like our morals or the standard of what we view is correct. The motives go in order in which they happen.
Overall emotions, feelings, threefold self, and hierarchy of motives define how we live and cognitively process the events of each day and are prevalent (whether we know it or not) in our daily lives. All of these things happen in everyone?s life everyday. Without these things are society would not be very successful. Emotional intelligence awareness is on the rise and is constantly changing and evolving as we progress individually and as a society. However, this awareness alone may not be the only answer, we, as a society, need to educate individuals and our society as a whole in order to become more adept and cognitively aware of what emotional intelligence is and how to apply it in the context of our daily lives.
(Annotated Bibliography)
ASAP
Generational Curriculum:
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/76-78.htm
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/79-81.htm
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/82-85.htm
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/89.htm
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/91-92.htm
Articles:
Bourey, J. & Miller, A. (2001). Do you know what your emotional IQ is? Public Management, (83)9, 4-10.
This article defines emotional intelligence and talks about the assessment of emotional IQ.
Gay, V., (2001, September 24). When bad get worse. Brandweek, (42)35, SR3-SR4.
This article talks about what is normal and can we get our country back there after the September 11th attacks.
Goldstein, A., (2001, October 15). Even solders hurt. Time, (158)17, 84.
This article talks about how are government is also suffering from the crises as well as the average American.
Klaus, P., (2001, October 8). What companies can do in traumatic times. Business Week, (industrial/technology edition)3752, 92B-92D.
It talks about Rudolph Julianne and how we are paying more attention to others emotions and feelings. It talks about how people deal with crises and the difference between men and women.
Media:
(Executive Producer). (2001, October 18). The Late Show with David Letterman [Television broadcast]. New York: CBS.
Web Sites:
Author (1993). A Self-instructional program for learning the ennead matrix as an analytic tool for students, scientists, teachers, and managers. Retrieved from http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s98/travisa/76-78.htm
Author (2001, January 13). Humanistic psychology: main psychologists - Carl Rogers (1902-1987) and Abraham Maslow (1908-1970). Retrieved from http://psychology.port5.com/humanistic1.html
Humanistic Psychology- describes the hierarchy of needs defined by Maslow. It also includes information ideas from both Maslow and Carl Rogers.
Author ( 2001, October 28). Emotions and emotional intelligence. Retrieved from http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/gallery/young/emotion.htm
The online site with a book named Emotions and Emotional Intelligence helps to describe what emotional intelligence is, why it is important and some test to take about this. It also discusses emotions, ideas and methods of researching.
Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence (as cited in author, Emotions and emotional intelligence, 2001, October 28).
Grossberg. J. (2001, September 18). Dave and Dan's class act. Retrieved from http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8840,00.html
Mayer, J.D. & Salovey, P. (1993). The intelligence of emotional intelligence (as cited in Emotions and emotional intelligence, 2001, October 28).
The Nemours Foundation. (2001, October 28). Kids health for parents: emotions and behavior. Retrieved from http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/index.html
Kids Health- Emotions and Behaviors. This gives many great suggestions and ideas for children and how to deal with everyday emotions. It also gives them an idea on how parents can help with children's emotional behavior.
The Nemours Foundation. (2001, October 28). Kids health: dealing with feelings. Retrieved from http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/index.html
Kids Health- Dealing With Feelings. This helps kids deal with their feeling about ideas such as school, home and family. It helps with sad feelings such as death of a love on or cheating on a test at school.
The Nemours Foundation. (2001, October 28). Teens health: mind matters. Retrieved from http://kidshealth.org/teen/mind_matters/
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