Self-Conscious Emotions
Self-conscious emotions are fundamentally about oneself and are rooted in self-evaluation or self-reflection rather than being directly tied to outcomes, like basic emotions often are. They require a reference to the self that basic emotions do not, as well as more complex cognitive processing. There are many different types of self-conscious emotions: such as pride, shame, guilt, and embarrassment. These emotions are identified based on whether someone feels responsible for their behavior and how that behavior relates to their internal standards, rules, and goals. They can also present different in focus, where some emotions are behavior-specific (e.g., pride in a particular accomplishment or embarrassment/ guilt in a situation), while others are directed toward the whole global self (e.g., shame in who one is or hubris in their relation of others). It is in my opinion that Daisy is a rather prideful person, through each stage of her career and in the progression of the show. Thi...
