Emotions and Moods

Presented by

Dinesh Kumar. JNishtha Aggarwal

Amber YadavUpen Singh Tomar

Ashish Mohan

Emotions

# Emotions are reaction to a person or event.

# Emotions are intense feeling that are directed on someone or something.

# Emotions are more fleeting than moods.

Characteristics of Emotions

1) Caused by specific event.

2) Very brief in duration.

3) Specific and numerous in nature.

4) Usually accompanied by distinct facial expressions.

5) Action oriented in nature.

6) Emotions are never neutral.

Types of Emotions

There are 18 most commonly seen and experienced emotions. They are,

1-anger 10-disappointment

2-contempt 11-embarrassment

3-enthusiasm 12-disgust

4-envy 13-happiness

5-fear 14- hate

6-frustration 15-jealousy

7-joy 16-love

8-pride 17-pride

9-surprise 18-sadness

Universally researchers and psychologists and philosophers have identified six “simple and primitive emotions” which are,

1-Anger

2-Fear

3-Happiness

4-Disgust

5-Surprise

6-Sadness

And they concluded that all the other emotions will somehow fall into these six significant emotions.

Differentiation between Affect, Mood and Emotion

Affect : A broad term used to describe the range of feelings that people experience. It encompasses/comprises of emotions and moods

Emotions : Intense feelings that are directed at something or someone.

Moods : Feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions and that lack a contextual stimulus.

Characteristics of Mood

1) Cause is often general and unclear.

2) Lasts longer than emotions.

3) More general and not too specific.

4) Generally not indicated by distinct facial expressions.

5) Cognitive in nature.

6) Moods may be neutral.

Relationship between emotions and moods

+ Emotions and moods are mutually influenced by each other.

+ Emotions can turn into moods when you lose focus on the event or object that started that feeling.

+ Similarly, good or bad moods can make you more emotional in response to an event.

Basic types of moods

Generally moods are classified into two types – positive affect and the negative affect.

Positive affect :

- excitement, self-assurance, cheerfulness in the high end.

- boredom, sluggishness, tiredness at the low end.

Negative affect :

- nervousness, stress, anxiety at the high end

- relaxation, tranquility and poise at the low end

Other significant points on moods and emotions

# Positive emotions turn into positive moods and similarly, negative emotions turn into negative moods.

# Positive offset:

The tendency of most individuals to experience a mildly positive mood at zero input(when nothing in particular is going on)

This may also appear at work places

Structure of moods

Contd.,

# Negative emotions can be transferred as driving forces if they do not turn into negative moods.

The 'oracle' case about revenge in the book (pg-249) explains this.

# Emotions developed over a period of time help humans to solve problems-Charles Darwin.

Example: Disgust-avoids dangerous/harmful things

Excitement-motivation for energy