Chapter 12: Pride – A Positive Self-Conscious Emotion
Subjective Feelings
Watson and Tellegen’s (1985) study found that the term pride was high in positive affect, but the word confident was low in negative affect. Russell’s (1980) model suggests that pride might be somewhere around moderately arousing, pleasant emotions as indicated by similar emotion words like satisfied and pleased.
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The image is a comparative display of two emotion models. On the left, there is a circular diagram depicting various emotional states positioned around two axes labeled “Pleasantness” and “Engagement.” The circle is divided into four quadrants: High Positive Affect, High Negative Affect, Low Positive Affect, and Low Negative Affect. Emotions such as “happy,” “excited,” and “relaxed” are placed strategically within these quadrants. Notable terms like “Pride” and “Confident” are highlighted in blue. The right side presents a two-dimensional graph with emotional states plotted across axes labeled “High Positive Affect” and “Low Positive Affect.” Emotions like “alarmed,” “delighted,” and “sleepy” are marked by dots, forming a distribution pattern across the axes.
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Left Diagram: active, elated, enthusiastic, excited, peppy, strong, Pride, aroused, astonished, surprised, distressed, fearful, hostile, jittery, nervous, scornful, blue, grouchy, lonely, sad, sorry, unhappy, quiescent, quiet, still, drowsy, dull, sleepy, sluggish, at rest, calm, placid, relaxed, Confident, content, happy, kindly, pleased, satisfied, warmhearted.
Right Graph: ALARMED, AROUSED, AFRAID, TENSE, ANGRY, DISTRESSED, ANNOYED, FRUSTRATED, EXCITED, ASTONISHED, DELIGHTED, GLAD, HAPPY, PLEASED, SATISFIED, CONTENT, SERENE, CALM, AT EASE, RELAXED, SLEEPY, TIRED, DROOPY, BORED, GLOOMY, SAD, DEPRESSED, MISERABLE.
Left Figure Reproduced from “Toward a consensual structure of mood.,” by D.T. Watson and A. Tellegen, 1985, Psychological Bulletin, 98(2), p. 221 (https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.98.2.219). Copyright 1985 by the American Psychological Association.
Right Figure Reproduced from “A circumplex model of affect,” by J.A., 1980, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(6), p. 1168 (https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077714) Copyright 1980 by the American Psychological Association.
