A report on Emotion
Emotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.
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Happiness
3 linksHappiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
Disgust
3 linksDisgust (Middle French: desgouster, from Latin gustus, "taste") is an emotional response of rejection or revulsion to something potentially contagious or something considered offensive, distasteful, or unpleasant.
James–Lange theory
3 linksThe James–Lange theory is a hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions and is one of the earliest theories of emotion within modern psychology.
Pleasure
4 linksPleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something.
Pleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something.
As such, pleasure is an affect and not an emotion, as it forms one component of several different emotions.
Anger
2 linksAnger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat.
Personality psychology
1 linksBranch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals.
Branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals.
"Personality" is a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by an individual that uniquely influences their environment, cognition, emotions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations.
Limbic system
3 linksSet of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain.
Set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain.
It supports a variety of functions including emotion, behavior, long-term memory, and olfaction.
Feeling
1 linksIn normal language usage, the noun "feeling" is often used as being the same as emotion.
Temperament
2 linksIn psychology, temperament broadly refers to consistent individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
In psychology, temperament broadly refers to consistent individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
The specific behaviors are: activity level, regularity of sleeping and eating patterns, initial reaction, adaptability, intensity of emotion, mood, distractibility, persistence and attention span, and sensory sensitivity.
Valence (psychology)
2 linksAffective quality referring to the intrinsic attractiveness/"good"-ness or averseness/"bad"-ness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.
Affective quality referring to the intrinsic attractiveness/"good"-ness or averseness/"bad"-ness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.
The term also characterizes and categorizes specific emotions.