What are hostile emotions?
Anger, contempt, disgust, jealousy, envy
What are sad and anxious emotions?
Include sadness, depression, grief, fear, social anxiety
What are nature of emotions?
Emotions vary in valence and intensity
What is valence?
An emotion’s positivity or negativity
What is intensity?
An emotion’s strength or magnitude
What are primary emotions?
Unique, distinct emotional experiences (e.g. fear, joy, surprise)
What are secondary emotions?
Composed of combinations of primary emotions (e.g. jealousy, contempt, remorse)
What are meta emotions?
Emotions about other emotions (e.g. feeling embarrassed by jealousy)
What is emotional contagion?
People mimic the experiences and expressions of others
What is sex and gender?
Androgynous people are more emotionally expressive than highly masculine individuals
What is conflict in personal relationships?
Conflict is natural and can have content, relational, and procedural dimensions
What is direct conflict?
Conflict that is openly expressed?
What is indirect conflict?
Conflict that is not openly expressed
What is harmful conflict?
Conflict that has negative consequences
What is beneficial conflict?
Conflict that has positive outcomes
What is power?
Ability to influence or control others or events
What is one up?
Person of power asking someone below them to do something
What is one down?
Person of lower power doing a task asked of them
What is one across?
Person of power not asserting their power
What are French and Raven’s five forms of power?
Reward, coercive, referent, legitimate, and expert power
What are common topics of conflict in marriage?
Personal criticisms, finances, chores, children, employment, in-laws, sex, use of time
How do sex and gender affect conflict?
Girls and women encouraged to avoid conflict, boys and men encouraged to engage directly
What is culture and conflict?
Individualistic cultures encourage standing up for oneself, collectivistic cultures encourage accommodation
What is language in conflict?
Differences in low and high context cultures
