Emotion
A reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and behavior.
Primary emotions
Emotions that are expressed by people in all cultures.
Grief
A period of deep sorrow.
Learned emotions
Emotions that are not expressed in the same way by all people.
Coping strategy
A way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.
Defense mechanisms
Coping strategies that help you protect yourself from difficult feelings.
1. Define the term emotion. What is the difference between primary emotions and learned emotions?
Emotion is a reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body and behavior. Primary emotions are expressed by all people and learned emotions are emotions that are expressed differently by different people.
2. Explain the importance of being able to recognize your emotions.
Recognizing your emotions is very important because that is the first step you have to take to deal with those emotions.
3. How do healthful and harmful coping strategies differ? Give an example of each.
Helpful ways of coping is taking steps to heal from a strong emotion. Harmful ways of coping are usually taking coping to bad extremes that make the situation worse. An example of a good way of coping is by taking time to talk about it with a friend. A ba
4. Define the term defense mechanism. When do defense mechanisms stop being helpful?
Defense mechanisms are a coping strategy we use to protect ourselves from strong and difficult feelings. These coping strategies stop being helpful when they make the situation worse, or the person is not as able to handle the situation.