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physiological Emotion

Life without emotion would seem boring . Have you ever imagined that in life there is no happiness , sadness , anger , hope , hatred , jealousy , everything else in life will seem flat and tasted bland . There will not be many variations of movement , and we are going to have difficulty interpreting others' behavior . Of course it will take effect on social interaction . Fortunately, human beings have emotional state and try to maintain a pleasant situation and avoid or stop the unpleasant circumstances . Emotional state that later appeared in the form of behavior which can then be observed by others .

In the context of psychology , we need to distinguish the feeling ( feeling ) of emotions in everyday language use is often confused . Circumstances which are not pleasant nor unpleasant that often accompany many activities we are feeling mild conditions . For example, drinking iced juice on a hot day so much fun, otherwise wait for orders food for 1 hour or more a thing that is not fun . It is pleasant or unpleasant that we are talking about we call affective colors . Mild affective state called feelings ( feelings ) . The term itself indicates a state of arousal emotions and clearer , wider , such as the words of sadness , anger , terror .

According to the Dictionary of Behavioral Science feelings is defined as : 1 ) an explanation of the subjective awareness of body states ( neural ) which is independent of the events in the individual leingkungan ; 2 ) tactile sensation ; 3 ) aware of something , such as a feeling that we received environmental and 4) emotions , such as happy , sad , angry , and so on . Emotion is defined as a complex reaction consisting of the physiological changes of the state of balance that is subjectively experienced as a feeling and manifested in the changes in the body and can be expressed in overt action .

Most psychologists classify emotions into a state of pleasant ( pleasant ) and that is not pleasant ( unpleasant ) . Unpleasant circumstances , such as happiness , love , joy and unpleasant circumstances such as sadness , anger . This classification tends to say the importance of pleasure and displeasure , acceptance and rejection , approach and avoidance as basic emotions . In addition to the classification of pleasant and unpleasant circumstances , there is also a term that states the intensity of emotional experience . Differences in the intensity shown by the pairs of words such as : anger -range , fear - horror , pain - agony , sadness - grief .

At the moment we are in an emotional state , there will be changes in the body / physiological . The indicators include :

1 . Galvanic Skin Response .

At the time the emotions aroused , no electrical changes in the skin that can be seen . Electrodes placed on the skin ( eg, palms ) are associated with the galvanometer . GSR is a sensitive indicator of changes in emotional state .

2 . circulatory

There were changes in blood pressure and changes in the distribution of blood at the time of emotion . For example : face red with anger . Change occurs because the blood vessels in the skin dilate and more blood was found on the surface of the skin . The opposite occurs at a time in a state of fear .

3 . heartbeat

4 . breath

5 . Response pupils . Pupils dilate in anger or ill or in an emotional state in general .

6 . Secretion of saliva appears on emotional stimulation , for example .

7 . Pilomotor response , is the technical name for goose pimples that appear when the hair stood up in a state of fear .

8 . Bowel movements . For example, emotional arousal may cause nausea or diarrhea .

9 . Muscle tension and tremors .

10 . Composition of the blood , associated with endocrine glands are active during emotional state and put hormones in the blood stream . Chemical analysis revealed no changes in blood composition , such as changes in blood sugar , and so on .

Ten indicators above show how vast and level of influence on the body of emotional stimuli .

Physiological mechanisms in emotion .

Changes in the body that occur during emotionally influenced interconnected nervous system and the endocrine glands . WB Cannon , Woodworth & Schlossberg , stating that there is a large group of prominent synapse in anger to prepare the organism to deal with emergency situations and defend against attacks and wounds .

A simple example illustrates what happens during emotion when a cat was eating quietly , suddenly visited by a dog that barks . We can see the physiological changes that occur , namely : 1 ) the movement to stop digestion in the stomach , 2) increased blood pressure , and 3 ) a heightened heart rate ; 4 ) adrenaline enter the blood stream . Each reaction was governed sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system . Result of the adrenalin expenditures are : 1 ) heightened blood pressure , 2) raise blood sugar so lets act ; 3 ) blood clots occur more quickly . Finally it looks to raise cat backs and hissed , fur standing and ready for combat . Added sugar in the blood gave him strength and increase endurance . If the wound , the blood will freeze faster . If bitten by a cat , a dog likely just got fur .

Cannon called physical response that prepares the organism to act as emergency reactions . He therefore defines a strong emotional stimulation as a method to prepare the organism to face emergency situation . Most reactions mentioned above also exist in humans .

The sympathetic division and the sympathetic nerves often have ties to the same organs but gave conflicting influences . Stimulation of the sympathetic system accelerates the heart rate . Stimulation of the sympathetic system slows the heart rate . From this it can be concluded that the sympathetic system is activated in an emotional state . This conclusion is true , for example, good taste and delicious aroma that stimulates gastric secretion is under the control of the para- sympathetic . But the para- sympathetic system also plays a role in circumstances that are not pleasant or aroused state .

Central nervous system is also involved in emotion . Because of the control of the facial muscles can occur wrinkles on the face as frowning and grimacing , trembling , muscle tension , and so on . So the central nervous system and autonomous systems to work together in an emotional statement like laughing , crying , sexual stimulation . Tears to cry and laugh at the time controlled autonomous systems and muscles of the face and voice controlled central nervous system while the second controlled changes in the respiratory system .
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