Anatomy of Expectations and Surprises

Expectation is central motivating force in everyday life — normal process of imaginative anticipation of, or speculation about, future. Expectation is essential feature of human action.

In every action, we know goal in advance in form of anticipation that is 'empty', in sense of vague... and [we] seek by our action to bring it step by step to concrete realisation — Edmund Husserl

When we convince ourselves, chances are we'll see expectation to its inevitable conclusion. Expectation manifests physically in many ways; for example, some people seem to smile uncontrollably during this period, while others seem ill or sick. It is not uncommon for brain to be so focused on an event, that body is affected in such a way. Stage fright is a type of anticipation, stemming from the actor hoping that s/he performs well. You'll experience some of the following fleeting emotions when you have expectations:

1. optimism, when you are most likely experiencing joy, while in expectation
2. hope, when you have an expectation from someone whom you are attracted to
3. anxiety, when you are experiencing fear together with expectation
4. aggressiveness, when you are angry while in expectation
5. cynicism, when you are experiencing disgust, together with expectation
6. pessimism, when you are sad while expecting from someone

Aggressiveness is a fleeting emotion experienced in anger as well as expectation

That is correct. It depends on which other emotions you are experiencing, besides aggressiveness. If you are experiencing some of remaining 5 emotions above, fleeting in and out together with aggressiveness, you are primarily in state of expectation. However, if you are experiencing some of other 5 emotions related to anger, coming and going away again and again, then primary feeling you'll carry is of anger — not expectation.

Emotions are fleeting —   feelings   they provoke persist and grow over lifetime

Anxiety is an emotion experienced in fear as well as expectation

Yes! It again depends on which other emotions you are experiencing, besides anxiety. If you are experiencing some of remaining 5 emotions: aggressiveness, optimism, hope, pessimism, cynicism, fleeting in and out together with anxiety, you are primarily in state of expectation. However, if you are experiencing some of other 5 emotions related to fear: submission, awe, guilt, despair, shame, coming and going away again and again, then the primary feeling you'll carry is of fear — not expectation.

Design behavior to experience expectation

When you train to experience optimism, you'll experience happiness while in anticipation. When you are anticipating from someone you are attracted to, you experience hope. Experiencing fear could protect you from legitimate threat of failure — so, nurturing anxiety would help in achieving state of expectation. Being assertive (a more humane and socially acceptable aggressiveness) in your expectations helps reinforce that feeling.

Depending on situation, design your communication using these various emotions

Depending on intensity, expectation is classified as below:

• Interest — mild expectation
• Expectation
• Vigilance — intense emotion of anticipation

Expectation and Surprise are never experienced together — if something happens that is not at all expected, it is Surprise

When rules-of-reality generate events different from rule-of-thumb expectations, surprise is outcome. Surprise represents difference between expectations and reality, gap between our assumptions and expectations about worldly events and way that those events actually turn out. Depending on intensity, surprise is classified as below:

• Distraction - mild surprise, usually ignored
• Surprise
• Amazement - intense emotion

Surprise manifests physically as a startle reflex response — reflectory reactions, like: whole-body startle, eyeblink, together with some of the following emotions:

1. awe, when you are experiencing fear as well as surprise at the same time – when you are in awe, you'll not experience emotion of aggressiveness
2. disapproval, when you are sad at being surprised – when you are in state of disapproval, you'll not experience optimism
3. curiosity, when you experience surprise from someone you are attracted to – at this time it is unlikely that you'll experience cynicism
4. disbelief, when you are experiencing a disgusting surprise – you'll not be hopeful
5. delight, when you are pleasantly surprised – you'll not experience pessimism at this time
6. outrage, when you are unpleasantly surprised and experiencing anger – when you are experiencing outrage, you'll not experience anxiety

Unanticipated violations of social norms and expectations can be perceived positively or negatively – depending upon existing personal relationship or how favorably violation is perceived

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