PSYC 2230 Study Guide - Carroll Izard, Social Emotions, Jaak Panksepp
3 Apr 2014
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Emotions typically arise as reactions to important life events. Emotions are more complex than first meets the eye. At first glance, we all know emotions as feelings. However, feelings are only part of the emotion. They exist as subjective, biological, purposive, and social phenomena. subjective feelings, as they make us feel a particular way. Emotions are also biological reactions, energy-mobilizing responses that prepare the body for adapting to whatever situation one faces. Ex) anger: creates a motivational desire to do what we might not otherwise do, such as fight an enemy or protest an injustice. When emotional, we send recognizable facial, postural, and vocal signals that communicate the quality and intensity or our emotionality to others. The feeling component gives emotion its subjective experience that has both meaning and personal significance. In both intensity and quality, emotion is felt and experienced at the subjective level. The feeling aspect is rooted in cognitive or mental processes.
