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long way towards promoting the climate for
reconciliation.
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In the South African context the democratic government assured the White
people ofprotection and security oftheir jobs in the new South Africa. Among some of
them this was the reason why the people negotiating on behalf ofthe government gave
away too much for the sake oftheirjobs.
AFFECT, EMOTION AND MOOD
Barry (1999:95) precedes his definition of emotions by referring to the different
competing theories on the origins and structure of emotions. The psychophysiological
approach originated from the early studies of Charles Darwin and Williarn Jarnes and
other later researchers who viewed emotion from the basis of biological states and
responses according to how an individual appraises the social context in which that
experience occurs. Secondly, there is the cognitive approach which views emotion and
cognition as mutually dependant. Lastly, there are the social constructivist approaches
where emotion is viewed as complex, culturally determined social roles that we learn to
experience and use to interpret social environments. According to Barry the
psychosocial theory is the most relevant because it addresses:
~ How emotions shape and constrain social interaction
~ How emotions are constructed as a by-product ofsocial interaction, and
~ How emotions are used to interpret the world within which they are
experienced.
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