A state of arousal determined by a set of subjective feelings, often accompanied by physiological changes, that impels one toward action. Examples are fear, anger, love, and hate.
An intense feeling that results in characteristic changes and the psychological need to act. Examples are love, hate, fear, anger, jealousy, guilt, envy, and others. There are three characteristics (a) they are conscious experiences, (b) they provoke physical response, and (c) they motivate behavior.
Intense feeling; a state of arousal, pleasant or unpleasant, often accompanied by physical changes such as release of epinephrine from the adrenal glands. Emotions include fear, anger, and love.
A state of arousal that can be experienced as pleasant or unpleasant. Emotions can have three components: subjective, physiological, and behavioral. For example, fear can involve an unpleasant subjective experience, an increase in physiological measures such as heart rate, sweating, etc., and a tendency to flee from the fear-provoking situation.
Mental arousal that the individual may find enjoyable or unpleasant. The three components are subjective, physiological and behavioural. The instinctive fear and flee response in-animals comprises physiological reaction raised heart rate, pallor and sweating to an unpleasant event or stimulus. The loving relationship between mother and child is another well recognized emotional event. If this emotional bond is absent or inadequate, the child may suffer emotional deprivation, which can be the trigger for behavioural problems ranging from attention-craving to aggression. Emotional problems are common in human society, covering a wide spectrum of psychological disturbances. Upbringing, relationships or psychiatric illnesses such as anxiety and depression may all contribute to the development of emotional problems.
A mental state or feeling such as fear, hate, love, anger, grief, or joy arising as a subjective experience rather than as a conscious thought. Physiological changes invariably accompany emotions, but such change may not be apparent to either the person experiencing the emotion or an observer.
The feeling that is produced in response to life experiences.
Feeling; a reaction to a situation that involves a person’s mind, body, and behavior.
An emotional state or sensation, which can also denote an intense and often agitated feeling, accompanied by both mental and physical reactions. These physical responses may involve alterations in heart rate, disruptions in circulation, such as blushing, palpitations, a rapid pulse, quickened breathing, sweating, dry mouth, or pallor.