A brief introduction to our Emotions.

1. EMOTION
S

2. WHAT ARE EMOTIONS?
•A complex state of feeling that results in physical
and psychological changes that influence thought
and behavior.
•When one is emotional, various psychological
phenomena occur, which include temperament
personality, mood and motivation.
•Emotion involves physiological arousal, expressive
behaviours, and conscious experience

3. NATURE AND
HISTORY :)

4. • 1980s – Robert Plutchik introduced the
“wheel of emotions”
-This model demonstrated how different emotions can be
combined or mixed together.
• Plutchik suggested that there are 8 primary emotional
dimensions:
• Happiness vs. Sadness
• Anger vs. Fear
• Trust vs. Disgust
• Surprise vs. anticipation
* This emotions can be combined in a variety of ways

5. •1999- he expanded the list to include
some other basic emotions namely:
•Embarrassment
•Excitement
•Contempt
•Shame
•Pride
•Satisfaction
•Amusement

6. THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF
EMOTION:
•Subjective component
- how we experience the emotion
•Physiological Component
– how our bodies react to the emotion
•Expressive Component
– How we behave in response to
emotion

7. PURPOSE
- emotions play an important role
in how we think and behave

8. •Emotions motivate us to take action
•Emotions help us survive, thrive, and
avoid danger
•Emotions can help us make decisions
•Emotions allow other people to
understand us
•Emotions allow us to understand
others

9. THEORIES
OF
EMOTION

10. THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF THEORIES
OF MOTION
•Physiological theories – responses within the
body are responsible for emotions
•Neurological Theories – activity within the brain
leads to emotional responses
•Cognitive theories – thoughts and other mental
activity play an essential role in the formation of
emotions

11. JAMES-LANGE THEORY OF EMOTION
•Independently proposed by psychologist William
James and and physiologist Carl Lange.
•Suggest that emotions occur as a result of
physiological reactions to events.
•according to this theory, you see an external
stimulus that leads to a physiological reaction.
Your emotional reaction is dependent upon how
you interpret those physical reactions.

12. CANNON-BARD THEORY OF
EMOTION
•States that we feel emotions and experience
physiological reactions such as sweating,
trembling and muscle tension
simultaneously.
•It is suggested that emotions result when
the thalamus sends a message to the brain
in response to a stimulus, resulting in a

13. SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY
•Also known as two factor theory of
emotion
•Suggest that physiological arousal
occurs first, and then the individual
must identify the reason behind this
arousal in order to experience and

14. THANK
YOU :)

15. QUIZ:

16. TRUE OR FALSE
INSTRUCTION:
Draw a  if the statement is TRUE and
draw a  if the statement is FALSE

17. 1.
Emotions allow other people to
understand us. Thus, emotions also
allow us to understand others. The
latter statement is false

18. 2
Paul Eckman defined emotion as A
complex state of feeling that results in
physical and psychological changes
that influence thought and behavior

19. 3.
•The subjective component
of emotion deals with how
we experience the emotion.

20. 4.
•Emotions play an
important role in how we
think and behave

21. 5
Emotions cannot be
combined

22. 6
According to James-Lange
Theory of emotion, we
experience emotions and
physiological reactions
simultaneously.

23. 7
According to James-Lange
Theory of Emotion,
emotions occur as a result
of physiological reactions
to events.

24. 8.
According to Charles
Darwin, emotions allow
both humans and animals
to survive and reproduce.

25. 9.
•Physiological Theories of
emotion suggests that
activity within the brain
leads to emotional
responses.

26. 10.
Emotions are essential in
Social Communication.

27. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10.