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 UNDERSTANDING
EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCES

What are emotions?

How do we experience them?
What are their functions?
WHAT IS EMOTION?
one of the most significant
things ever said about emotion
may be that everyone knows
what it is until they are asked to
define it
-Joseph LeDoux (1996)
WHAT IS EMOTION?
1.anaffectivestateofconsciousnessinwhichjoy,sorrow
,fear,hate,orthelike,isexperienced,asdistinguishedfr
omcognitiveandvolitionalstatesofconsciousness.

2. anyofthefeelingsofjoy,sorrow,fear,hate,love,etc.

3.anystrongagitationofthefeelingsactuatedbyexperi
encinglove,hate,fear,etc.,andusuallyaccompaniedby
certainphysiologicalchanges,asincreasedheartbeatorr
espiration,andoftenovertmanifestation,ascryingorsh
aking.

4. somethingthatcausessuchareaction.
BASIC EMOTIONS:
FUNCTIONS OF EMOTIONS
Preparing us for action
a link between external events and
behavioral responses
Shaping our future behavior
act as reinforcement
Helping us to regulate social
interaction
allow observers to better understand us
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
An Emotional Experience" is anything in
your life that changed the way you looked
at yourself, and/or the world around you,
basically its an experience that would have
had an effect on you or others, and why.
So an example would be a death in the
family, or a close friend, or it could be
Moving to University, away from home....
even your Back-packing trip could definitely
be an emotional experience.