EMOTION

contributed by : Angelika Martorillas , Kesia Mae Pedalino , Jean Heramil

It is hard to define EMOTION because it is not easy to tell when a person is in emotional state.
But you can define emotion through our body , mind , and face which plays an important roles.

EMOTIONS

DEFINITION of EMOTION :

EXPRESSING EMOTIONS :
a feeling , that can involve physiological arousal (e.g a fast heartbeat), conscious experience (e.g thinking about being in love with someone) and behavioral expression (e.g smile or grimace).

• FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 
• BODY LANGUAGE
• EXPLICIT ACTS and VERBAL REPORTS

THEORIES IN EMOTIONS

• JAMES-LANGE THEORY
• William James and Carl Lange.The James–Lange theory of emotion, for instance, asserts that emotions arise from physiological arousal: in essence, that the self-perception of changes in the body produce emotional experiences. According to this theory, we laugh (a physiological response to a stimulus), and consequently we feel happy (an emotion); we cry, and consequently we feel sad.

One limitation of this theory is that it is not known exactly what causes the changes in the body, so it is unclear whether those changes should be considered part of the emotion itself. Critics of the James–Lange theory also doubt that there is sufficient variation in physiological arousal to lead to the wide variety of emotions that we experience.

Cannon-Bard Theory

• CANNON-BARD THEORY
The theory that physiological and emotional changes occur simultaneously in response to a stimulus (as opposed to the earlier James-Lange theory). Example: A woman is hiking in the forest when she stumbles upon a bear. All at once, she starts sweating, trembling, and feeling extremely afraid.

• SCHACTER-SINGER THEORY
• Stanley Schacter and Jerome Singer

The Schachter–Singer theory, or two-factor theory of emotion, states that emotion is based on two factors:physiological arousal and cognitive label.People become aware that they are aroused , they search their environment to look for reaons for their arousal.

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• OPPONENT- PROCESS THEORY
• Richard L. Solomon and his colleagues

Views emotions as pairs of opposites (for example, fear-relief, pleasure-pain). The opponent-process theory states that when one emotion is experienced, the other is suppressed.
Each emotion or state that we experience triggers a force to experience the opposite emotion or state.

REFERENCES :

• http://www.psychwiki.com
• http://www.alleydog.com
• Book of general psychology by Agustin G. Huyong