self-conscious emotions. embarrassment shame guilt
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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.oDepend on the development of number of cognitive skills.oDepend 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 feelingo A Person wishes to: hide disappear die
o A Person feels: disappointment confusion sadness
o It causes : emotional change body reactions 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
Symptomso 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 : embarrassment dishonor disgrace inadequacy humiliation moral values break 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
Symptomso strong negative feeling
o emptiness
o uselessness
o crying/sadness
o internal anger
o depression
o desire to die
Shame vs. EmbarrassmentShame
o does not necessary involve public humiliation
o act is known only to the self
o is a response to something that is morally wrong
Embarrassment
o involves public humiliation
o act is known/revealed to others
o morally neutral, but socially unacceptable
Shame vs. GuiltShame
o violation of cultural or social values
o directly about the self
o a painful feeling about oneself as a person
Guilto violation of
internal values
o self is not a central object
o painful feeling of regret and responsibility for one`s actions
There are some other self-conscious
emotions, such as :
Pride
Empathy
Envy
The End