Emotional and cognitive influence in extraordinary situations
Absztrakt :
The experience of extraordinary situation influences the whole personality. Nowadays the dominant crises – events such as war, natural disasters, economic crises
and terrorism – affect an individual’s emotional, cognitive and behavioural responses. The emerging security challenges require adequate prevention strategies
and crisis intervention, which involves the analysis of the psychological processes with modern methods. This paper shows the effectiveness of the psychological
methods in the management of such situations. The article is divided into several
parts; the first part is a general definition of special situations, the second is the
presentation of the emotional and physiological consequences, while the third deals
with the description of the cognitive aspects. The final part of the study attends to
the psychological content analysis in emergencies as a possible research area.