The fallacies discussed in the chapter are
perfectionism, obsessions with shoulds, overgeneralization, taking
responsibility for others, helplessness, and fear of catastrophic failure. Fear
of catastrophic failure is what I struggle the most with. All my family lives
in LA, so I am alone at San Jose State, when I think about my family I think
about the worst happening to them. There was a recent tragedy in the family and
that hasn’t made anything better. Using self-talk can help a lot with these
fallacies. The fallacy of perfectionism is something that a lot of people
struggle with. When I am going to make a decision I talk to myself a lot,
pretty much talking myself out of it. We can use self-talk to reassure
ourselves and bring back the confidence. Being more positive about situations
will help me a lot with my intrapersonal communication, and not having fear of catastrophic
failure.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
post 1 Oct 1-7
Organismic view of emotions is when we feel emotion
because external stimuli cause physiological changes in us. An example would be
if you get a bad grade on an exam and it causes you have a knot in your back. I
have a lot of back pain in class, it could have something to do with a
philosophical changes. When I am really stressed my back tends to start
hurting, maybe if I didn't stress so much I wouldn’t have back pains. Perceptional
view of emotions is when we give a meaning to something that doesn’t usually
have a meaning. Everyone has his or her own meaning to different things. For
example a fist, when someone raises a fist at me I think they want to
"pound it", which means that we touch fists. It also can mean that
someone is ready to fight. When it becomes significant people give it a
meaning.
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