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1. Emotions

2. The word “emotion” is derived from the Latin word “ Emovere ”,which means to stirred up or to stimulate. Emotions literally jerk a person. Due to closeness of emotion with feeling, the quantity of emotion increases with the increase in feeling and the body gets evoked or stimulated. This stimulated condition is known as Emotion. Introduction

3. An emotion according to psychologists is a complex psychological state that involves 3 distinct components; A subjective experience A physiological response A behavioral or expressive response. Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2007 What is an emotion?

4. subjective feeling physiological response Behavioral response Components of Emotion

5. Subjective feeling

6. Anxious Fearful Angry Loving Surprise Happy Sad Awed Subjective feeling cont …

7. Researchers believe that the experience of emotion can be highly subjective. Our unique experience of the emotion is probably much more multi-dimensional. Consider anger. Is all anger the same? Your own experience might range from mild to blind rage. Plus, we don’t always experience pure forms of emotions over different events in our lives are common. Subjective feeling cont …

8. Many physical reactions we experience during an emotion, which are controlled by sympathetic nervous system, a branch of the Autonomic nervous system. It controls involuntary body responses such as blood flow and digestion. The Amygdala is a tiny, almond shaped structure that has been linked to motivational states, as well as memory and emotion Researches prove that when people are shown threatening images, the amygdala becomes activated. Damage to the amygdala impairs the fear response Physiological Response

9. This is the actual expression of emotion. We spend a significant amount of time interpreting the emotional expressions of people around. And our ability to acurately understand these is tied to our emotional intelligence. Many expressions are universal, such as smile indicates happiness or pleasure. Behavioral response

10. Accompanied by aroused state in the organism Usually accompanied by physiological changes A lot of energy is released in every emotion, except grief Characteristics of emotions

11. This was independently proposed by psychologist William James and physiologist Carl Lange, which suggests that that emotions occur a results of psychological reactions to events According to this theory, you see an external stimulus that leads to a physiological reaction. Suppose you see a grizzly bear. You begin to tremble and your heart begins to race. You will interpret your reaction and conclude that you are frightened. James- lange theory

12. The theory was given by Walter Cannon and Phillip.. This theory states that we feel emotions and experience physiological reactions such as sweating, trembling and muscle tension simultaneously. More specifically, it is suggested that emotions result when the thalamus sends message to the brain in a physiological reaction Cannon-Bard theory

13. The Schachter -Singer Theory, given by Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer., is an example of cognitive theory of emotion. This theory suggests that the physiological arousal occurs first, and then the individual must identify the reason behind this arousal in order to experience and label it as emotion. Schachter -Singer theory

14. Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions PABIO PICASSO Every role varies greatly, just as emotions vary greatly QUOTES ON EMOTION

15. TWO TYPES; Positive emotion Negative emotion TYPES OF EMOTIONS

16. The limbic system is a group of brain structures that work together It is composed of the Hippocampus and Amygdala, each of which is actually a pair of organs on either side of the brain. The hippocampus play important roles in memory, learning, long-term informational storage, and spatial reasoning. The amygdalae help the body process emotions These two structure help attach emotional meaning to memories. The limbic system

17. The limbic system acts as a control center for conscious and unconscious functions, thus regulating much what the body does It narrows the gap between mind and body connecting psychological and physiological experience. For example, by activating the flight or fight response, the limbic system triggers response to physical response to emotional experiences as fear. Limbic system Cont..

18.   The amygdala and hippocampus work together to regulate emotions, especially evolutionarily “old” emotions that play a role in survival—love for one’s children,  aggression, fear, and anxiety. Together, these two organs also help the brain interpret the emotional content of memories. LMS-Emotional Responses

19. The amygdala assigns emotional meaning to memories and helps the brain form fear-based memories. The hippocampus helps form sensory memories, which are memories associated with sensory input. When the smell of a crisp apple or warm beach air brings back memories of a long-ago summer, the hippocampus is responsible. LMS-Emotional Responses cont..