Question

Why does emotional hijacking occur? a. People are hard-wired to feel emotions about a situation before they reason it out. b. People spend too much time developing self-awareness, so they become overly emotional. c. People have a high emotional intelligence, which makes them less emotional. d. People experience a great deal of physiological noise that interferes with reasoning.e. People deliberately use their emotions to manipulate the reactions of others.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. People are hard-wired to feel emotions about a situation before they reason it out.

Explanation:

Emotional hijacking occurs when our brain's emotional processor (amygdala) bypasses our normal reasoning process.

This occurrence in terms of an emergency is a self-defence mechanism when it is necessary to act in the face of perceived danger.

Emotional hijacking occurs when there is a compulsive need to complete and action. For example answering an email, answering the phone.

It is possible to control emotional hijacking through emtional intelligence.