Dr. Weber's argument makes so much sense! I had not thought about the connection between emotional vocabulary and emotional regulation, so thank you :). I do have one question. You (or maybe Dr. Weber) make a bold claim that "most adults only know five emotion words." Is there any good evidence for this?
Very interesting! I work at a school as an educational assistant so I do see this play out (example, hand up first is rewarded - not all the time). I'm shocked about the research re: parents don't like to read to their kids. (Maybe that's because I LOVE reading & I love to read to the kids at school? I don't have kids but I am tired after work so I can see why they wouldn't enjoy it that much)
Dr. Weber's argument makes so much sense! I had not thought about the connection between emotional vocabulary and emotional regulation, so thank you :). I do have one question. You (or maybe Dr. Weber) make a bold claim that "most adults only know five emotion words." Is there any good evidence for this?
It’s specifically that the average adult can only identify how they feel 5 different emotions!
Yes that data is from Marc Brackett who is an emotion researcher at Yale!
Very interesting! I work at a school as an educational assistant so I do see this play out (example, hand up first is rewarded - not all the time). I'm shocked about the research re: parents don't like to read to their kids. (Maybe that's because I LOVE reading & I love to read to the kids at school? I don't have kids but I am tired after work so I can see why they wouldn't enjoy it that much)
Thanks for this comment Camille!