OL109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emotional Contagion, Neuroplasticity, Internal Monologue
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A feeling state that includes physiological changes, cognitive interpretations and a cognitive expression. Ability to communicate clearly about feelings characterized as part of emotional intelligence. Awareness intensity of emotions and vocabulary to describe them accurately is important. Reluctance or inability to express emotion is associated with depression and unhappiness. Bodily changes during strong emotions such as heart rate, perspiration, tense muscles, raised blood pressure. These changes can offer a clue to your emotions (i. e. noticing you are clenching your jaw can be a clue that there is something wrong) Mind plays an important role in determining how i feel bodily components of emotions are similar, we differentiate them with the labels and cognitive interpretations we give our physical symptoms. Can be in love or furious but still have the same physiological effects. Feelings often apparent by observable changes: appearance: blushing, sweating, behaviour: facial expression, posture, gesture, tone. Usually we think of non-verbal as the reaction to an emotional state.
