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The theory of constructed emotion (formerly the conceptual act model of emotion [1]) is a theory in affective science proposed by Lisa Feldman Barrett to explain the experience and perception of emotion. [2] [3] The theory posits that instances of emotion are constructed predictively by the brain in the moment as needed.
According to cognitive consistency theory, anger is caused by an inconsistency between a desired, or expected, situation and the actually perceived situation, and triggers responses, such as aggressive behavior, with the expected consequence of reducing the inconsistency. [35] [36] [37] Sleep deprivation also seems to be a cause of anger. [38]
In conflicts, destructive behaviours can also appear: violence, coercion, intimidation, blackmailing, deception und seduction. [46] Negative emotions such as anger and fear make it difficult to work through the differences. [47] [1] Moreover, anger is often contagious, because a person who is met with anger reacts in turn more often angrily. [48]
[2] [3] Argumentativeness is a constructive, positive trait that recognizes different positions which might exist on issues that are controversial. [4] As for the difference between sexes, males are more likely than females to use verbal aggression because males have been conditioned to be more dominant and competitive.
In fact, we may actually need more conflict, not less—and by that, I mean the healthy conflict that allows us to engage our differences, grow, and change what needs to be changed. The choice we ...
Therefore, the theory defines the mediator's goal as helping the parties to identify opportunities for empowerment and recognition shifts as they arise in the parties' conversation, to choose whether and how to act upon these opportunities, and thus to change their interaction from destructive to constructive (Bush & Pope, 2002).
Such differences between short term effects and long-term effects in the context of harmful consequences of short-term compliance with destructive rules are argued by some researchers to show that assessments of adaptive behavior are not as unproblematic as is often assumed by psychiatry. [1]
In an attempt to explain the high rate of male delinquency as compared to female delinquency, Agnew and Broidy analyzed the gender differences between the perception of strain and the responses to strain. [8] The first area that was explored was the amount of strain that people of certain genders experience.