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Human Experiences - Qualities and Emotions | Texts and Human Experiences Lesson 2 - AI Summary, Mind Map & Transcript | Schooling Online | YouTubeToText
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This content explores the intricate relationship between human qualities, emotions, and experiences, explaining how they are interconnected, influence each other, and are represented in texts. It aims to equip learners with the tools to analyze these elements in literary works.
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in our last lesson
we looked at what human experiences are
starting with a few approaches from philosophy
philosophy
biology and psychology we also unpacked
the differences between individual and collective
collective
human experiences today we'll be
addressing the qualities and emotions
associated with human experiences
the second sentence of the rubric states
students examine how texts represent
human qualities and emotions
associated with or arising from these experiences
experiences
in other words human experiences can be
connected with
or can cause all kinds of human qualities
qualities
and emotions let's take a look at human
qualities first
then we'll delve deeper into discussion
firstly we need to ask ourselves what
are human qualities
and how do they come to be associated with
with
human qualities are patterns of behavior thought
thought
and emotion that come to define who we are
are
everyone has a unique set of qualities
that make them who they are
so we might say that our unique
qualities make up
our personalities
human qualities are not isolated and
one-off instances of behavior
thought and emotion they're built up
over time
and remain consistent across situations
for example if someone experiences the
emotion of
anxiety once or twice you wouldn't say
that they are an
anxious person we all get stressed out
every now and then however if someone is
always anxious
across all situations maybe anxiety
is one of their enduring qualities
of course eventually an anxious person
may also develop
where do you think human qualities come
from why does everyone have
slightly different characteristics that
make them who they are
think about the nature versus nurture debate
debate
the disagreement about whether behaviour
and motivations are part of someone's inbuilt
inbuilt
nature or due to their nurture that is
their experiences throughout life when
you look at the human qualities explored
in your texts
decide for yourself whether they are
intrinsically part of your character's nature
nature
or whether they have arisen due to your
character's experiences
over time individual and collective
human experiences
shape someone's main characteristics or traits
so if you want to understand the human
qualities of the characters in your texts
texts
look at their histories and backstories
is your character happy and
empathetic maybe they have been treated
with kindness in the past
or perhaps your character is angry
anxious or pessimistic
probably they've had a history of
negative life experiences
human qualities aren't always fixed they
can change
thanks to individual and collective experiences
experiences
and just like experiences shape human qualities
qualities
particular human qualities also shape experiences
experiences
for example a shy person avoids meeting
new people
preferring to spend time alone whereas a
sociable person
actively seeks out new experiences and opportunities
opportunities
if a shy person and a sociable person
went to the same party
their experiences would be very different
different
can you think of any ways that your
character's qualities have
influenced or limited their experiences
when identifying human qualities
explored in your text
you need to consider something called characterization
characterization
this is the way authors represent the
distinct qualities of each character
think about how you as a reader are
guided to make
certain judgments about the way a
character acts
thinks and feels for example
a good writer will not write ella has
the quality of
resilience rather they will
show ella being resilient as she experiences
experiences
different challenges maybe she's
passionate about the environment
and keeps fighting to stop a big factory
from polluting the ocean
even when she faces lots of opposition
maybe she stays strong through a tough illness
illness
or when she has to move to a new country
that's how characterization works you
have to draw your own conclusions about
who a character is
by looking at how they act and react
to help us out let's look at some of the
ways human qualities have been
previously categorized the big five
personality traits is one way to
organize human qualities
it proposes that all human beings
possess different levels
of five broad traits each of these broad traits
traits
has a logical opposite and is made up of related
related
lower level qualities called facets
lost yet don't worry too much about the
system itself
the point of reviewing this is to give
you an organized way of reviewing
human qualities to broaden your vocabulary
vocabulary
and to help you identify some of these
traits in your characters
as you go through a text try to make
links between
some of these qualities and the
characters experiences
first up is ebony she is extroverted
which means that hanging out with other
people energizes her
she's social and popular she's gregarious
gregarious
that is talkative however her classmate iris
iris
shows the opposite sorts of qualities she
she
recharges her energy by spending time by herself
herself
she is often described as introspective
which means that she looks within
herself to find new ideas and
answers to problems iris is introverted
would it be useful to group the
characters in your text into
introverts and extroverts maybe some
are a little of both
next up is agreeableness anthony
is highly agreeable he is compassionate
cooperative and trusting towards others
he feels other people's emotions pretty keenly
keenly
a trait known as empathy in his spare time
time
he performs a lot of charitable or altruistic
altruistic
acts arthur on the other hand
is competitive and argumentative
nobody really likes him he's antagonistic
antagonistic
maybe you've heard the word antagonist before
before
the bad guy in a story who opposes the
main character
or protagonist this is where the term
another interesting trait is neuroticism
nelly is neurotic she is anxious
depressed and often feels pretty vulnerable
vulnerable
she often feels self-conscious worrying
about what others think of her
and makes impulsive emotional decisions
ella however is emotionally stable
she has a calm stable and secure
personality the fourth trait
is conscientiousness kathy
is conscientious she is organized
dutiful and
dependable although sometimes her
colleagues describe her
as a bit of a perfectionist lazy larry however
however
is low on conscientiousness although
people think he's fun and spontaneous
he is also sloppy with his work and not
very reliable
last of all we have openness oliver is
full of openness which means he is
intellectually curious
creative and imaginative he loves art
and beauty
or aesthetics if you meet characters in
your texts like oliver
who seek out all things beautiful you
might describe them as
east seats doug on the other hand
is low on openness you might say he is
dogmatic because he is close-minded and always
always
these five traits are just one way to
understand human personality
and they don't cover everything humans
are complicated
it's also important to remember that
this theory was originally developed
by american psychologists surely one theory
theory
can't cover every culture around the world
world
so psychologists from different
countries have adapted the theory
or created new theories to fit their own cultures
cultures
for example chinese psychologists
created a framework called
the chinese personality assessment inventory
inventory
using a slightly different set of
personality traits
similarly researchers from the philippines
philippines
india and korea have also used their own
approaches to identifying human qualities
qualities
looking at theories from around the
world helps us realize
more and more how diverse and complex
human personality can be
other classification systems focus on
smaller sections of human personality
for example the dark triad system
considers just
three traits that represent the malevolent
malevolent
the first of these is machiavellianism
machiavellian people manipulate and exploit
exploit
others don't care about morality and
focus on self-interest and deception
if you notice that your character is
acting in a manipulative and
self-serving way
next up is narcissism a quality defined by
by
pride and a lack of empathy narcissists
are egotistical or self-centered they are
are
full of grandiosity which means they
think they are better than
everyone else if you find characters in
your texts like this
the final and most frightening of the
dark triad
is psychopathy a character trait characterized
characterized
by pervasive anti-social behaviour impulsivity
impulsivity
selfishness callous behavior and feeling
remorseless if you have evil criminal
characters in your texts
like a cold-blooded killer you might
describe them
as psychopaths keep an eye out for
psychopathic behavior in your texts antagonists
the big five and the dark triad don't
cover everything
but they will help you to start
identifying some of the many
possible human qualities within your characters
characters
as you do this remember to link human qualities
qualities
to particular individual and collective experiences
experiences
think about all the different ways a
character's past
might have influenced them to become who
they are
how might their qualities influence
their behavior
now and in the future and how might
different experiences
now let's consider what emotions may
arise from
or be associated with human experiences
first you need to ask yourself what are emotions
emotions
let's start with a fancy definition then
emotions also known as effects
are states of subjective psychological and
and
physiological experience that create
certain states of pleasure
and displeasure within us at varying intensities
intensities
emotions are triggered by things in the
world or inner cues
are you following there's a lot going on there
there
let's try to unpack this definition a bit
bit
firstly emotions are subjective
which means that they're different for
each individual
two people might have very different
emotional reactions
to the same experience
an extroverted and open person would be
excited to travel to a new place
while an introverted and dogmatic person
would be
emotions are also psychological they are
accompanied by
or can be triggered by different mental states
states
which just means whatever is going on in
your head
if i'm feeling anxious my mind races all
over the place
while in order to experience the emotion
of anger
i need to have an angry thought about
someone or something
it's not just all in your head emotions
are also
physiological which means that they involve
involve
physical responses in your body for example
example
when you're scared your heart rate
shoots up
if you're nervous or embarrassed you
might start to sweat and blush
when we're really sad we often start to cry
cry
these examples all show how our emotions
are in part
finally emotions involve various levels
of pleasure
or displeasure they're positive negative
or somewhere in between for example
consider euphoria which just means being
completely overwhelmed with
joy in milder forms this positive
emotion could be expressed
as happiness or contentment
similarly sadness can be intensified
into grief
or depression where would you place
ambivalence which is when someone has
mixed feelings
what about alexithymia that is
being unable to identify and describe emotion
emotion
ambivalence and alexithymia are
somewhere in between the extremes of euphoria
euphoria
although this might seem to open up a
potentially limitless spectrum of human emotions
emotions
don't freak out we've got some useful models
models
to help you out use these models to help
you identify the emotions
explored in your texts
consider robert plutchik's famous
he proposed that there are eight primary
emotional dimensions
joy versus sadness anger versus fear
trust versus disgust and surprise
versus anticipation like colors
these emotions can be expressed at
different hues
or intensities for example
as apprehension grows steadily it turns
into true
fear if your heebie-jeebies
or anxiety increases even further this
fear can then become
absolute terror again
like colors these different emotions can
mix with one another
to form new complex feelings
another example is when surprise is
combined with sadness
we end up with disapproval alternatively
when we mix joy with trust we end up with
with
models such as these help us understand
the complexity and depth of emotions
experienced by your characters by the
writers of your texts
and by you as a reader what emotions do
your characters feel
and why what do you think the writer was
feeling while they were writing
what emotion do you feel as you
poets in particular often use their
texts to express their emotions
associated with or arising from their experiences
for example ujuru new knuckle
was a political activist who fought for
aboriginal rights in australia
but she was also a poet who wrote
beautiful and profound poems
her poetry communicates a wide range of
emotions like pride
and sadness as she draws on her experience
experience
as an indigenous person in australia
when poems are totally focused around
the expression of a poet's emotions
their writing process can often be
described as an act
of catharsis which is where you finally feel
feel
emotional release in other words
if you express your intense emotions you
can feel better
afterwards if you are studying poetry
try to identify and analyze all the
emotions expressed
so now that we have identified the
breadth of human emotion
let's consider how emotions can arise or associate
associate
with human experiences often
emotions are triggered by things that
are going on in the world
that is our individual and collective
human experiences
usually positive experiences incite
pleasurable emotions like happiness and excitement
excitement
whereas negative experiences make people unhappy
unhappy
guilty or angry
emotions are often ephemeral which means
they last
only for a very short time unlike human
qualities which are ongoing patterns of behavior
behavior
like human qualities emotions influence
our behavior
sometimes they are signals telling us
about how a particular event or person
feels so we can figure out a plan of action
action
when i look over the edge of a huge
cliff and feel
scared the emotion of fear is a signal
other times emotions overwhelm us
directing our behavior in ways that feel uncontrollable
uncontrollable
for example someone who is way too stressed
stressed
because emotions can shape our behavior
just like human qualities
they will also influence the sorts of
human experiences we seek out
and are exposed to if i'm happy
i might go to that big party this
weekend but if i feel bad about myself
it'll be the last thing i feel like doing
emotions don't just influence our experiences
experiences
they can also be human experiences in
their own right
they can be our own personal experience
but can also be shared
as collective human experience
social contagion is where emotions spread
spread
from one person to another often it just takes
takes
one crying baby for the rest in the
maternity ward to start up two
adults experience social contagion too
one example is mass hysteria which is where
where
imaginary fear passes through a
community of people
creating panicked or defensive behaviors
amongst its citizens
maybe a community suddenly becomes
terrified of a certain rare disease
even though there's a very low chance
that they'll catch it
in 2009 everyone was all of a sudden
super scared of catching swine flu then
in 2014
everyone was terrified of ebola
or maybe people become scared of a
particular group of
people like an irrational fear of biker gangs
gangs
or immigrants from a certain country
now it's your turn can you think of any recent
recent
as you read your texts be on the lookout
for how human qualities and emotions
link to various individual and
collective experiences
when you can identify the specific ways qualities
qualities
emotions and experiences influence each other
other
you're on the way to creating some great
thesis statements
and topic sentences and your own
creative responses too
we hope you enjoyed this schooling
for more easy lessons on human experiences
experiences
check out our analysis of the paradoxes inconsistencies
inconsistencies
and anomalies in human behavior and [Music]
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