MGNT201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Phineas Gage, Limbic System, Self-Awareness
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Phineas gage: to think rationally - we need to also function irrationally - emotions matter, to reason we must also be able to understand the unreasonable. Frequency and duration of emotions: how often emotions are exhibited, how long emotions are displayed. Functions of emotions: critical for rational thinking, motivate people. Job requirements: biology of emotions, originate in brains limbic system. Sources of emotions and moods: personality, day and time of the week, not weather, exercise. Positive psychology and happiness: ted talk in lecture. Journalising: exercise, meditation, random acts of kindness. What they found: no correlation: happiness has a context, can"t say are you happy now - you need to give it a frame of reference. Emotional labour: a situation in which an employee expresses organisationally desired emotions during interpersonal transactions, emotional dissonance - inconsistencies between the emotions we feel and the emotions we project.
