Green Earth, an environmental organization in Oklahoma, recently recruited Phyllis Galvan as a project coordinator. Galvan's manager has noticed that ever since she has joined, she has been extremely positive about her work and takes up challenges without complaining. In addition, she maintains a positive ambience by helping colleagues and smiling at everyone she interacts with. Her behavior has had a positive effect on her colleagues, who have started behaving in a similar manner. Which of the following concepts is demonstrated in this example?

A) emotional dissonanceB) Ben Franklin effectC) unit biasD) anchoring effectE) emotional contagion

E) emotional contagion

Explanation:

Emotional contagion is a phenomenon that describes the effect the expressed feelings and emotions of people have on others, in such a way that others tend to express the same emotions or feelings. It simply refers to the tendency of someone’s emotion to be transferred or contracted by another, just like a flu.

The concept of emotional contagion is demonstrated in the example given in the question above, as the behavior and emotional disposition of Phyllis Galvan is said have had a positive impact on her colleagues who have started exhibiting similar behavior.

enlightenment impacted society by introducing the idea that mankind could use reason to discover the laws of the world and the rights of mankind. these ideals affected all factions of society, from politics to religion.