Emotional Intelligence Essay Samples

5 friends holding pencil with their teeth showing:
5 (happy)
6 (happy)
5 (happy)
5 (happy)
7 (very happy)
5 friends holding pencil without their teeth showing
4
3
3
2
3
Facial feedback hypothesis believes that people experience emotions based on their facial movement. For instance, if I tell someone to smile, he or she will feel happier. However, if I ask someone to frown, they will feel sad. They said that if it happens during a social event, people tend to feel different emotions based on their facial expression.
Prior to my experience I expected people whom I told to hold a pencil with their teeth showing to be happier. I assumed so because when we show our teeth, we are basically smiling. Therefore, they should feel happier. I assumed that people who were simply holding a pencil and not showing their teeth would feel less happy because they would feel that this activity is useless.
After I conducted my research, my assumptions were proven. Group #1 felt happier than Group #2. My findings appeared to be consistent with facial movement hypothesis. People who were showing teeth which seems like smiling appeared to be happier in overall. Therefore, my findings corresponded to my expectations.
God created us to experience emotions in order to make our life interesting. If people were not showing any emotions, then they would not enjoy life. It would have been bunch of activities that do not make any sense. However, when we show emotions and have an opportunity to experience them, we know what we like and do not like in our life and we can change it. Emotions play a very important part in our life.