Emotion
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Emotion is a state of biological arousal that can be described along a spectrum ranging from anxiety to depression, with a non-aroused state of euthymia. It is a complex reaction pattern, produced by some stimulus that involves experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements. [1]
Emotions have been defined as “distinct, integrated psychophysiological response systems ... An emotion contains three differentiable response systems: 1) a prototypic form of epression (typically facial), 2) a pattern of consistent autonomic changes, and 3) a distinct subjective feeling state.[2]
Theories of Emotion
James-Lange three-stage theory
Schachter & Singer’s arousal-interpretation theory
Cognitive theories
Lazarus’s cognitive appraisal theory
Power & Dalgleish--SPAARS
References
- ↑ vandenBos, Gary B. (2006). APA Dictionary of Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
- ↑ Watson D., & Clark, L.A. (1994). The PANAS-X: Manual for the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule—expanded form. Unpublished manuscript, Univerity of Iowa, Iowa City (Cited in Psychology: An International Perspective, Eysenck)