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How do youHow do you describedescribe emotion?emotion?

a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. EMOTIONEMOTION

EMOTIONSEMOTIONS INFLUENCE OURINFLUENCE OUR ACTIONS INACTIONS IN FIVEFIVE MAIN WAYS.MAIN WAYS.

1. Emotion Component (monitoring) This is where an individual simply experiences the feelings.
   2. Action Tendency Component (motivation) Once the emotion is identified, the body moves into action.
2. Appraisal Component (meaning-making) By cognitively analyzing the emotion, the individual is able to pick up on the situations, actions, environments, or individuals that are causing the emotion.
3. Motor Component (communication) This is the communicative function of how we express what we are experiencing (facial expressions, hand gestures, body movements).
4. Physiological Component (support) This component supports all others and is the chemical reaction that our body experiences.

SURPRISE

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SURVIVALSURVIVAL ISSUESISSUES The most influential role of emotions is to help us survive. When our emotions are activated, they are done so to elicit one of the survival behaviors.

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PLUTCHICKPLUTCHICK’’S WHEEL OFS WHEEL OF EMOTIONEMOTION Robert Plutchik, born on October 21, 1927 and died on April 29, 2006 was a professor emeritus at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and adjunct professor at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph. D. from Columbia University and he was also a psychologist.

The eight primary emotions that heThe eight primary emotions that he identified,identified, whichwhich areare thethe basisbasis forfor all others, are grouped into polarall others, are grouped into polar opposites:opposites:

JOY

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ACCEPTANCE

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FEAR

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ELEMENTS OF THE WHEELSELEMENTS OF THE WHEELS Emotional Self:

Moving to the center of the circle intensifies the emotion, so the colors intensify as well. For instance, at the center of the wheel, the primary emotions change from: anger to rage; anticipation to vigilance; joy to ecstasy; trust to admiration; fear to terror; surprise to amazement; sadness to grief; disgust to loathing. Moving to the outer layers, the colors become less saturated, and the intensity of the emotions lowers. LAYERSLAYERS

The polar opposite emotions are across from each other. The spaces between the emotions demonstrate combinations when primary emotions mix. So we see the emergence of emotions like love, submission, optimism, aggressiveness, contempt, remorse, disapproval, awe, and submission. RELATIONSRELATIONS