P ractical Influences on Identity Theme Emotions experienced by self Tasks . Making a record of your emotions experienced during a day . Reflecting on the reasons for experiencing the emotions . Identifying ways of handling them Purpose of the practical: We all experience a variety of emotions each day and these influence the way we respond to situations.
Being more aware of our emotions and the reasons for feeling the way we do, can help us to manage them better and respond appropriately to situations. This practical has been designed with this objective in mind. Conduct of practical: Identify a particular day and bring to your awareness the emotions you experience since morning during that day. Keep a notepad and pen with you and record the emotion, the context situation and the reason for the emotion as soon as you become aware of it.
You can use the following table for recording. Time of the day Emotion Situation / context Your reaction on experiencing the emotion Specific comment or observation you wish to note Make groups of - students per group and in your group compare your notes with those of others. Discuss the following: . Whether similar emotions were experienced by other group members?
. The common features in the various situations that lead to the group members experiencing these emotions. . Whether each person handled the emotions appropriately?
. Could there have been alternate ways of handling the emotions?