Emotional tone
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Emotional tone was an idea put forth by author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 in his book, Science of Survival. The idea Hubbard presented was about emotion, but to spell the idea out fully he used the additional term "tone". Both words are used in their common meaning. "Tone", is often used to describe sound, but has additional meanings. [1] Hubbard's use of "tone" applied the idea to emotion. He suggests that an emotion, like a sound, can be observed. As a sound might be heard as being sharp or dull, bright or sad, so too a person might observe qualities of an emotion.
"Emotion" is usually defined as: "any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc." [2] Hubbard suggested these can be observed. His book addressed emotion as it relates to survival, and observations of emotion toward better survival. Put simply, people who are usually cheerful or even joyful, and full of life, survive better than people who are usually sorrowful or despondent; these emotional qualities can be observed. His book spells out what can be observed when viewing a person who is, for example, in grief. A person in grief exhibits sadness, perhaps they cry easily, their motions are generally not quick and animated. Such a person doesn't tend to create much and their communication is not bright and responsive.
He suggests that a person's feelings are an idication of how well they are living, how capable they are and how much they enjoy life. In one swoop, all of these manifestations of emotion, and more can be observed, Hubbard suggests. He lays out a good deal of detail about emotion and places emotions on a background scale. The scale at once indicates how alive an individual is and the emotion they most often feel.
Later, the Church of Scientology published the Expanded Tone Scale that covered the whole range of possible human emotion. [3] [4] [5]
