Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CANDON CITY
Candon City, Ilocos Sur

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Quarter 1 – Week 8 - Module 8
Prepared by: Cindy G. Basabas

Lesson
Positive and Negative Emotions
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I. OBJECTIVE:
1. Explore one’s positive and negative emotions and how one expresses or hides them.
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II. GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. What are the positive and negative emotions?
2. How do positive and negative emotions affect the brain?
3. How do positive and negative emotions impact our health and well-being?

III. DISCUSSION:

Positive vs Negative Emotions: A Look at the Differences

As we now know, positive and negative emotions are both vital for a healthy, well-
rounded life. Let’s look at how emotions in both categories impact us.
Given the impact of positive and negative emotions on our thoughts and behaviors, it
is easy to see why helpful thinking keeps a close eye on negative emotions in addition to the
positive. As vital as it is for us to learn how to boost our positive emotions and take advantage
of the opportunities they bring, it is just as vital to learn how to adapt to negative emotions and
cope with them effectively.
When we accept, embrace, and act both our positive and our negative emotions, we
give ourselves the best chance to live a balanced, meaningful life. Therefore, the field of
positive psychology is hesitant to focus too much on positive emotions alone— it is just as
important to understand how to turn negative emotions into a positive experience as it is to
capitalize on our positive emotions

How do they affect the brain?

Positive and negative emotions both have different impacts on the brain.
For example, positive emotions have been shown to impact the brain in the following
ways:
• They can increase our performance on a knowledgeable task by lifting our spirits
without disrupting us like negative emotions do (Iordan & Dolcos, 2017).

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 • Positive emotions may help us increase our horizons and widen our brain’s scope
of focus (Fredrickson, 2001).
• Facilitating emotional conflict processing, helping us to make sense of
conflicting emotional information. In other words, negative emotions can help
us figure hard emotional problems (Zinchenko et al., 2015).
• Facilitating cognitive conflict processing, aiding us in comprehending dissimilar
or conflicting cognitive information. In other words, negative emotions can also
help us make sense when we receive confusing signals (Kanske & Kotz, 2010;
2011).
• Reducing the experience of empathy, which can help protect us from getting too
involved with others and staying focused on our goals (Qiao-Tasserit, Corradi-
Dell’Acqua, & Vuilleumier, 2017).

IV. EXAMPLES:
Positive Emotions Love, Joy, Satisfaction, Contentment, Interest, Amusement,
Happiness, Serenity, Awe
Negative Emotions Fear, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Rage, Loneliness, Melancholy,
Annoyance

V. GENERALIZATION:
In this module, you have learned the positive and negative emotions and learned how
to express and hide some of them. Human emotion is a feeling that is private and subjective.
Humans can report an extraordinary range of states, which they can feel or experience. Some
are accompanied by obvious signs of enjoyment or distress, but often these have no overt
indicators. In many cases, the emotions noted seem to blend in different states.

VI. EXERCISE:
Directions: Have you ever let your feelings get the best of you and then said or did something
that you regretted later? Sometimes our feelings ‘get the best of us’. However, managing and
responding to your feelings appropriately takes self-control and a few strategies. Answer the
questions below and explore how you respond to your emotions.
1. Explain what it means by Do not let your feelings get the best of you. Give an instance where
you regretted doing or saying something out of your emotion/s.
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2. What does ‘Managing your feelings and emotions’ mean? Give an instance where somebody
responded to you in a negative way as a manifestation of their feelings. How do you think that
person could have responded in a better way?
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3. Why is it important to manage your emotions and not suppress them?
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RUBRIC FOR SCORING

5 points The response provides evidence of a complete understanding of the question.
It is fully developed and clearly stated with no errors in grammar and spelling.
4 points The response provides evidence of a complete understanding of the question.
It is fully developed and clearly stated with 1 to 2 errors in grammar and
spelling
3 points The response provides evidence of a reasonable way but also indicates gaps in
conceptual understanding. It is averagely developed, and some parts are
missing with 1 to 2 errors in grammar and spelling.
2 points The response provides evidence of a reasonable way but also indicates gaps in
conceptual understanding. It is averagely developed, and some parts are
missing with 3 to 4 errors in grammar and spelling.
1 point The response provides evidence of a completely incorrect or irrelevant
understanding of the question. It is poorly developed, and parts are not coherent
with more than 5 errors in grammar and spelling.

VII. REFERENCES:
Santos, Ricardo R. (2016). Personal Development. RBS Personal Development, Rex
Bookstore. Sampaloc, Metro Manila.
Department of Education, Republic of the Philippines, Personal Development Reader 1st
edition. Change Your Mind About Mental Health. Quezon City: Sunshine Interlinks
Publishing House Inc., 2016.
David L, "Emotional Intelligence (Goleman)," in Learning Theories,2014.
https://www.learning-theories.com/emotional-intelligencegoleman.html.

VIII. ANSWER KEY: Exercise: Answer may vary.

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