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By the end of this lesson, I can identify what to do when I'm feeling stressed, as I
By the end of this lesson, I can identify what to do when I'm feeling stressed, as I
identify different types of emotions; and
understand the importance of comprehending emotions
First, you need to know what an emotion is.
First, you need to know what an emotion is.
Emotion is a feeling such as happy, excited, frustrated, guilty, or annoyed, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or the people you are with.
Emotion is a feeling such as happy, excited, frustrated, guilty, or annoyed, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or the people you are with.
For example, remember when Kieran mentioned that he won a tournament and felt happy? Winning the tournament is the situation that caused Kieran to feel the emotion of happiness.
Next, let’s see some characteristics of emotions.
💪 Emotions can be weak or strong, or somewhere in between.
⏳ Emotions can last for a short time or a long time.
If you feel certain emotions for a long time, it becomes a mood.
❤️🩹There are no good or bad emotions,
what is important is just managing them so that we are able to express emotions well.
Look at these characters in the quiz. What do you think the Blue character is feeling?
In our daily life, many of us use emoticons to share emotions of what we are feeling.
If you can relate, which emoticon from the following are you feeling right now?
There are a lot of different types of emotions, which we will be learning to discover as we are growing as a person, as the ones in the Wheel of Emotions.
Although there are no good or bad emotions, there are positive and negative emotions.
For example, if my pet cat passed away, it is okay to feel sad, which is a negative emotion.
Match the Emoticon to the correct Emotion in the game below.
Why do I need to be able to identify emotions? Why is it important?
Why do I need to be able to identify emotions? Why is it important?
🔫 to be able to identify our "emotional trigger"
❤️🩹we can manage emotions better
🧑🤝🧑 be a good friend by relating to other people’s emotions or empathy
(We will be learning more about Empathy later in Lesson 3!)
What is an emotional trigger?
Simply, it is the cause or reason that leads us to feel a certain emotion. For example
I feel happy
I feel happy
(emotion)
because I won a badminton tournament
because I won a badminton tournament
(trigger)
The Math quiz was difficult,
The Math quiz was difficult,
(trigger)
so I'm not confident I will score well
so I'm not confident I will score well
(emotion)
Let’s see if you can identify and differentiate between emotion and trigger in the following situations correctly in the sorting game.
Due to the cancelled trip, everybody was feeling disappointed.
Ana, Mei Ling and Kieran are trying their hardest to make a funny face. I guess they are just being playful.
Mr. Chang remains calm as he practises a relaxing breathing exercise.
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