Research documentation : what is emotion?

 Emotion is one of those terms we use so familiarly that we seldom ask what they really mean.Emotion is the complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience".Emotion is associated with mood ,temperament ,personality and disposition, and motivation. The English word 'emotion' is derived from the French word émouvoir.

 

What can I said is that , emotion includes a wide range of observable behaviors, expressed feelings, and changes in the body state.from what i have been  studies , to clarify the concept of emotions, there are three definitions of various aspects of emotions can be distinguished which is.:

•  Emotion is a feeling that is private and subjective. Humans can report an extraordinary range of states, which they can feel or experience. Some reports are accompanied by obvious signs of enjoyment or distress, but often these reports have no overt indicators. In many cases, the emotions we note in ourselves seem to be blends of different states. 

• Emotion is a state of psychological arousal an expression or display of distinctive somatic and autonomic responses. This emphasis suggests that emotional states can be defined by particular constellations of bodily responses. Specifically, these responses involve autonomously innervated visceral organs, like the heart or stomach. This second aspect of emotion allows us to examine emotions in both animals and human beings.

• ·         Emotions are actions commonly "deemed", such as defending or attacking in response to a threat. This aspect of emotion is especially relevant to Darwin's point of view of the functional roles of emotion. He said that emotions had an important survival role because they generated actions to dangerous situations