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b. An excerpt of an exercise by www.positivepsychology.com for helping the trainee develop a bigger
“vocabulary” of emotions by rating the pleasantness of an emotion (1 = very unpleasant and 10 =
very pleasant) and the energy levels at the time the emotion occurs (1 = very low amount of energy
and 10 = a very high amount of energy)

10 ENRAGED PANICKED STRESSED JITTERY SHOCKED SURPRISED UPBEAT FESTIVE EXHILARATED ECSTATIC

9 LIVID FURIOUS FRUSTRATED TENSE STUNNED HYPER CHEERFUL MOTIVATED INSPIRED ELATED

8 FUMING FRIGHTENED ANGRY NERVOUS RESTLESS ENERGIZED LIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC OPTIMISTIC EXCITED

7 ANXIOUS APPREHENSIVE WORRIED IRRITATED ANNOYED PLEASED HAPPY FOCUSED PROUD THRILLED

ENERGY 6 REPULSED TROUBLED CONCERNED UNEASY PEEVED PLEASANT JOYFUL HOPEFUL PLAYFUL BLISSFUL

5 DISGUSTED GLUM DISAPPOINTED DOWN APATHETIC AT EASE EASY GOING CONTENT LOVING FULFILLED

4 PESSIMISTIC MOROSE DISCOURAGED SAD BORED CALM SECURE SATISFIED GRATEFUL TOUCHED

3 ALIENATED MISERABLE LONELY DISHARTENED TIRED RELAXED CHILL RESTFUL BLESSED BALANCED

2 DESPONDENT DEPRESSED SULLEN EXHAUSTED FATIGUED MELLOW THOUGHTFUL PEACEFUL COMFY CAREFREE

1 DESPAIR HOPELESS DESOLATE SPENT DRAINED SLEEPY COMPLACENT TRANQUIL COZY SERENE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

PLEASANTNESS

c. A part of a group activity by www.positivepsychology.com to teach trainees how to Decode
Emotions by Analyzing Speech, Body, and Face. In the table below the trainee writes down every
facial sign of the emotion that they notice while the speaker shares a story and at the end makes
an informed guess as to what emotion the speaker talked about.

Scoring

Eyes

Eyelids

Eyebrows

Nostrils

Mouth