EMOTIONS

WHAT ARE EMOTIONS?•A complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior.

•When one is emotional, various psychological phenomena occur, which include temperament personality, mood and motivation.

•Emotion involves physiological arousal, expressive behaviours, and conscious experience

Myers (2004)

NATURE AND HISTORY :)

• 1980s – Robert Plutchik introduced the

“wheel of emotions”- This model demonstrated how different emotions can be combined or mixed together.•Plutchik suggested that there are 8 primary emotional dimensions:• Happiness vs. Sadness• Anger vs. Fear• Trust vs. Disgust• Surprise vs. anticipation

* This emotions can be combined in a variety of ways

•1999- he expanded the list to include some other basic emotions namely:•Embarrassment•Excitement•Contempt•Shame•Pride•Satisfaction•Amusement

THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF EMOTION:

•Subjective component- how we experience the emotion

•Physiological Component – how our bodies react to the

emotion•Expressive Component

– How we behave in response to emotion

PURPOSE- emotions play an important

role in how we think and behave

•Emotions motivate us to take action•Emotions help us survive, thrive, and avoid danger•Emotions can help us make decisions•Emotions allow other people to understand us•Emotions allow us to understand others

THEORIES OF EMOTION

THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF THEORIES OF MOTION

•Physiological theories – responses within the body are responsible for emotions•Neurological Theories – activity within the brain leads to emotional responses•Cognitive theories – thoughts and other mental activity play an essential role in the formation of emotions

JAMES-LANGE THEORY OF EMOTION•Independently proposed by psychologist William James and and physiologist Carl Lange.•Suggest that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events.•according to this theory, you see an external stimulus that leads to a physiological reaction. Your emotional reaction is dependent upon how you interpret those physical reactions.

CANNON-BARD THEORY OF EMOTION

•States that we feel emotions and experience physiological reactions such as sweating, trembling and muscle tension simultaneously.•It is suggested that emotions result when the thalamus sends a message to the brain in response to a stimulus, resulting in a physiological reaction

SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY

•Also known as two factor theory of emotion•Suggest that physiological arousal occurs first, and then the individual must identify the reason behind this arousal in order to experience and label it as an emotion

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QUIZ:

TRUE OR FALSEINSTRUCTION:Draw a if the statement is TRUE and draw a if the statement is FALSE

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Emotions allow other people to understand us. Thus, emotions also allow us to understand others. The latter statement is false

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Paul Eckman defined emotion as A complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior

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•The subjective component of emotion deals with how we experience the emotion.

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•Emotions play an important role in how we think and behave

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Emotions cannot be combined

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According to James-Lange Theory of emotion, we experience emotions and physiological reactions simultaneously.

7According to James-Lange Theory of Emotion, emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events.

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According to Charles Darwin, emotions allow both humans and animals to survive and reproduce.

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•Physiological Theories of emotion suggests that activity within the brain leads to emotional responses.

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Emotions are essential in Social Communication.

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