The word emotion includes a wide range of observable behaviors, expressed feelings, and changes in the body state. This diversity in intended meanings of the word emotion make it hard to study. For many of us emotions are very personal states, difficult to define or to identify except in the most obvious instances. Moreover, many aspects of emotion seem unconscious to us. Even simple emotional states appear to be much more complicated than states as hunger and thirst.
"The word emotion includes a broad repertoire of perceptions, expressions of feelings and bodily changes."
To clarify the concept of emotions, three definitions of various aspects of emotions can be distinguished:
1. Emotion is a feeling that is private and subjective. Humans can report an extraordinary range of states, which they can feel or experience. Some reports are accompanied by obvious signs of enjoyment or distress, but often these reports have no overt indicators. In many cases, the emotions we note in ourselves seem to be blends of different states.
2. Emotion is a state of psychological arousal an expression or display of distinctive somatic and autonomic responses. This emphasis suggests, that emotional states can be defined by particular constellations of bodily responses. Specifically, these responses involve autonomously innervated visceral organs, like the heart or stomach. This second aspect of emotion allows us to examine emotions in both animals and human beings.
3. Emotions are actions commonly "deemed", such as defending or attacking in response to a threat. This aspect of emotion is especially relevant to Darwin's point of view of the functional roles of emotion. He said that emotions had an important survival role because they generated actions to dangerous situations.
Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/26618/en-1.4.1=What%20are%20emotions.htm
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List of emotions
Fear : Aversion.
Anger : Displeasure , hostility. An emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage.
Guilt : Culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.
Depression : Pessimistic sense of inadequacy , lack of activity.
Pride : Exaggerated positive evaluation of oneself based on a devaluation of others.
Jealousy : Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival.
Self-pity : A self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes. An estate of mind of an individual in perceived adverse situations who has not accepted the situation. And does not have the ability to cope with it .
Anxiety : An abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension often marked by physiological signs . Sweating, tension, and increased pulse.
Resentment : A feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
Envy : Painful or resentful emotion. Awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage.
Frustration : A deep dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs.
Shame : A condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute. Shamery is also a central feature of punishment, shunning, or ostracism. In addition, shame is often seen in victims of child neglect, child abuse. And a host of other crimes against children.
Love : A strong affection for another.
Appreciation : admiration, approval, gratitude.
Happiness : Well-being , contentment.
Hope : To cherish a desire with anticipation. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
Enthusiasm : A strong excitement of feeling. Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
Vitality : Physical or mental vigor especially when highly developed. The capacity to live, grow, or develop.
Confidence : Faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way . A state of being certain.
Gratitude : The state of being grateful; thankfulness.
Grief : Intense sorrow especially caused by someone’s death.
Negative : Being pessimistic, expressing disagreement or refusal.
Patient : Having or showing patience.
Regret : sorrow, repentance , disappointment.
Resentful : Feeling of bitterness or indignation.
Sad : Unhappy. Feeling sorrow .
Trust : Firm belief in reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or something.
Vulnerable : Feeling exposed to being attacked or harmed.
Worried : Anxious over actual or potential difficulties.
Optimistic : Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds.
Denial : An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful
realities, thoughts, or feelings.
Offended : To result in displeasure.
Appreciative : Feeling or expressing appreciation.
Apprehensive : Anxious or fearful about the future. Uneasy.
Ashamed : Feeling inferior, inadequate, or embarrassed.
Astonished : To fill with sudden wonder or amazement.
Anger : Displeasure , hostility. An emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage.
Guilt : Culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.
Depression : Pessimistic sense of inadequacy , lack of activity.
Pride : Exaggerated positive evaluation of oneself based on a devaluation of others.
Jealousy : Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival.
Self-pity : A self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes. An estate of mind of an individual in perceived adverse situations who has not accepted the situation. And does not have the ability to cope with it .
Anxiety : An abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension often marked by physiological signs . Sweating, tension, and increased pulse.
Resentment : A feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
Envy : Painful or resentful emotion. Awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage.
Frustration : A deep dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs.
Shame : A condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute. Shamery is also a central feature of punishment, shunning, or ostracism. In addition, shame is often seen in victims of child neglect, child abuse. And a host of other crimes against children.
Love : A strong affection for another.
Appreciation : admiration, approval, gratitude.
Happiness : Well-being , contentment.
Hope : To cherish a desire with anticipation. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
Enthusiasm : A strong excitement of feeling. Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
Vitality : Physical or mental vigor especially when highly developed. The capacity to live, grow, or develop.
Confidence : Faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way . A state of being certain.
Gratitude : The state of being grateful; thankfulness.
Grief : Intense sorrow especially caused by someone’s death.
Negative : Being pessimistic, expressing disagreement or refusal.
Patient : Having or showing patience.
Regret : sorrow, repentance , disappointment.
Resentful : Feeling of bitterness or indignation.
Sad : Unhappy. Feeling sorrow .
Trust : Firm belief in reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or something.
Vulnerable : Feeling exposed to being attacked or harmed.
Worried : Anxious over actual or potential difficulties.
Optimistic : Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds.
Denial : An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful
realities, thoughts, or feelings.
Offended : To result in displeasure.
Appreciative : Feeling or expressing appreciation.
Apprehensive : Anxious or fearful about the future. Uneasy.
Ashamed : Feeling inferior, inadequate, or embarrassed.
Astonished : To fill with sudden wonder or amazement.
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Interpretation
Human have lots of different emotions. ( as we could see from the example above.) Each emotion carry different feeling and expression but from the examples above, I found out that those emotions can be group into few categories.
The most common 1 is the emotion of joy. These kind of emotion are very common as people will think of it when we talk about emotion. Such as happy, optimistic, hope, sastify and excitement. All these can be categorize as in the same group. This kind of emotion is the emotion that everyone was hoping for.
Another common 1 which is also the opposite of joy - sadness. These emotion are very familiar to each and everyone of us. It include disappointment, suffer, sad, regret and lonely. Nobody want to have this kind of emotion, people try to stay away from it and ask for joy. But sadness could also act as a motivation for a person.
Next is anger. Sadness and anger is somehow related. Anger might come next after sadness or it can happen another way round. This include envy, jealous, hate, frustration, annoying and fury.
Another group which is fear. Emotion in this group are worry, nervous, tension, shy and panic. This is an emotion to respond towards a threat. These kind of emotion are mostly use to protect the people himself/herself.
This is my interpretation about emotion. We can group those emotions into some groups, and from the group it can be expand. Furthermore, it can also expand into more detail which results there are so many kinds of emotion.
Emotions is things that we could see and feel everyday, it is something that have the power to control our thinking and action.
Emotions is things that we could see and feel everyday, it is something that have the power to control our thinking and action.
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