Do you accept the premise in cognitive theory that thoughts precede feelings? If so, are there any important exceptions to this assumption?
What will be an ideal response?
Cognitive theory is appealing to many students due to its practicality and rationality, but on reflection they may or may not support its primary assumption about the nature of cognition and emotions. Students should be encouraged to react to the following issues:
• Thoughts as primary, and feelings as secondary, in human nature
• The possible distinction between primary (immediate and survival-based) emotions versus secondary (socially constructed) emotions; the first type of which may not involve thought.
• The possibility that our “feeling” selves may be more “perceptive” than our thinking selves when faced with threatening life situations.
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