Emotions

Affects of Emotions on Student Learning

The general moods a learner brings to bare on a task, also know as affect.

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The subjective experience of emotions ( also called affect) is a distinct private mental state. One form of affect, anxiety can have either a postive or negative effect on learning and cognition, depending on the circumstances. A small amount of anxiety often improves performance. It is known as facilitating anxiety. In contrast, a great deal of anxiety usually interferes with effective performance. It is known as debilitating anxiety. For example, a situation when physical safety is at risk, self worth is threatened or concerned about physical apperance.

Emotions also involve response or action tendencies.Emotions also involve response or action tendencies. A teacher may want to laugh out loud at a student's joke, or feel an impulse to publicly embarrass a student who is disrespectful. These action tendencies can be modulated or regulated: the first teacher might keep his face passive and the second teacher may just quiet-ly say, "Please see me after class." Action tendencies associated with emotions are often so powerful that they temporarily override longer-term goals.

Lauren Silverio, Ashley Marino, Vincenzo Giliberti and Lindsey Goodine