Emotions

DEFINITION
Psychologists define emotion as a complex
pattern of bodily and mental changes that
Includes physiological arousal, feelings,
cognitive processes, and behavioral reactions
made in response to a situation perceived as
personally significant
Definition
To see why all of these components are
necessary,imagine a situation that would make you
happy. Your physiological arousal might include a
swiftly beating heart. Your feeling would be Positive .
The associated cognitive processes include
Interpretations , memories, and expectations that allow
you to label the situation as happy. Your overt
behavioral reactions might be expressive (smiling)
and/or bubbling with joy.
BASIC EMOTIONS AND
CULTURE
Charles Darwin thought that certain types of
emotions are shared by all members of the
human species and that these emotions have
evolved along with other aspects of behavior.
Sylvan Tompkins(1981) showed that infants
respond to loud noise with fear. Izard (1994)
demonstrated that infants have the same pattern
all over the world. There is considerable
evidence that expressions of at least seven
emotions is same world wide.
Expression of Emotions
Happiness
Surprise
Anger
Disgust
Fear
Sadness
Contempt
Expressions of Emotions