Emotional Science 101

Basic Innate Emotions

Ability to recognize own emotions and other's emotions (know what happened)
Ability to identify own emotions and other's emotions (know what they are)
Ability to assess own emotions (self-monitoring) and other's emotion (evaluate them)
Ability to accept own emotions and other's emotions (without judgment or rejecting them)
Ability to respond own emotions and other's emotions cognitively (to guide behavior and decisions)

Physical intelligence (IQ) does not always lead to prudent decisions. Why?
Because decision-making is often heavily influenced by underlying emotions.
Although decision-making is a logical deduction process, emotions alter the logic by changing the premise in which logical decision is made.
Once the premise is change, the decision is logically altered as a result.
If emotions are not recognized cognitively, they often misguide us into making poor jugement in the decision making process.
For instance, anger often misled us into making decisions that we regret making if we were calm.

Shock / Disbelief / Denial – What? This is not happening.
Questioning / Anger / Blaming – Why is it happening?
Bargaining / Negotiating / Begging – Please turn back the hands of time.
Helplessness / Sadness / Loneliness – Reality sinks in, there is nothing anyone can do.
Acceptance / Resolution / Hope – Come to terms with it, let go and move on to the peaceful stage.