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Subject: RE: [huml] Re: a random citation
Pondering.... Rex At 1:11 PM -0500 9/4/03, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: >I should always google first. ;-) > >http://eqi.org/index.htm >http://eqi.org/emotions.htm > >That is a rather good site with information that could >be used to build a secondary vocabulary theory on the >emotion primary. Anyone care to speculate on why expressing >a secondary emotion is 'uniquely more human' and >'tacitly seen as more human', 'provokes stronger intentions' >and elicits 'nicer responses'? How do the sign sets change >for primary vs secondary emotions? Is the definition the >author of the site at the URL given above accepted or the >basis for a useful vocabulary? > >"Primary and secondary emotions > >Some authors use the terms primary and secondary emotions. I find this >distinction quite helpful. A primary emotion is what we feel first. The >secondary emotion is what it leads to. > >Anger is a good example of a secondary emotion. As I discuss in my section >on anger there are many possible primary emotions which, when they are >intense enough, can lead to anger. We might feel insulted, pressured, >cheated, etc. If these feelings are at a low level we are not likely to say >we feel angry. But if they are intense, we commonly say we feel "angry." > >Depression is another example of a secondary emotion. Or we might call it a >"catch-all" term. Depression can include feeling discouraged, hopeless, >lonely, isolated, misunderstood, overwhelmed, attacked, invalidated, >unsupported, etc. Normally it includes several feelings. These more specific >feelings are what I would call primary emotions. > >Secondary, "catch-all" terms like anger and depression do not help us much >when it comes to identifying our unmet emotional needs (UEN's). When all I >can say is "I feel angry," neither I nor any one else knows what would help >me feel better. But if I say I feel pressured or trapped or disrespected, it >is much more clear what my UEN is and what would help me feel better. A >simple, but effective technique, then, is to identify the primary emotion." > >len > >To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the >roster of the OASIS TC), go to >http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/huml/members/leave_workgroup.php. -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email: rexb@starbourne.com Tel: 510-849-2309 Fax: By Request
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