Deems

• Deems 16 Jul 2013 22:54 UTC

  4 points

  on: For Hap­piness, Keep a Grat­i­tude Journal

  Is the journal supposed to be write-only? From the description it sounds so, but I am wondering whether part of the process is supposed to involve reviewing your old entries.

• Deems 22 Mar 2012 0:48 UTC

  4 points

  in reply to: Jonathan_Graehl’s comment on: Emo­tional reg­u­la­tion Part II: re­search summary

  Neutral valence, high arousal could be “surprise”. If sustained, it’s the proverbial “state of cat-like readiness”.

  I recommend using Google Images (“arousal valence space”) to find some pictures, which I think would help your intuition along.

• Deems 20 Mar 2012 21:48 UTC

  5 points

  in reply to: Jonathan_Graehl’s comment on: Emo­tional reg­u­la­tion Part II: re­search summary

  “Dimensions” because n real values describe an n-dimensional space.

  Semantic labels are a way to describe emotions but would not normally be used in conjunction with dimensional descriptions. Typically you would see a 2D arousal-valence emotional space or a 3D arousal-valence-dominance space. (Dominance is a relatively recent addition needed to distinguish some emotions that occupy the same region of arousal and valence: one such pair is anger and fear, both high-arousal low-valence.)