Emotions

These cards have been designed to enable students to focus on the subject of emotions more easily. The clear illustrations of emotional situations encourage understanding of other people's feelings. The design allows a flexible approach and also a variety of individual interpretation and response.This pack allows for flexibility of presentation. It may be worked through systematically or dipped into in a more informal way according to the needs of the students. It has the potential to illustrate many important issues surrounding the subject of emotions and feelings. Some of these are listed below:the nature of emotionsthe range of feelings that they bring aboutthe importance of individual needs and feelingsrecognition of the emotional needs of othersnon-verbal behaviour such as facial expression, body posture, proximity and gesturethe relationship between cause and effect in people's responses, and how individual behaviour can affect the feelings of othersindividual responsibility in helping other people to feel comfortable and unthreatenedthe differing feelings and reactions of people to the same event. These depend on factors such as individual attitudes, past experience and level of involvementthe ability to problem-solve through discussion of ways to lessen difficulties or to resolve the situations shownthe inevitability of some negative or difficult situations in life, and the possibility that individual feelings may change with timethe fact that feelings are sometimes deliberately hidden and that, conversely, people may reveal more than they wish at times; strong emotional reactions may result from being overwhelmed by feelings.Franklin, Ian is the author of 'Emotions' with ISBN 9780863883613 and ISBN 0863883613.