Psychology of Emotions Psychology in This Paper,

Psychology of Emotions

Psychology

In this paper, we have chosen to discuss on the topic of emotions in the field of psychology. We will discuss many different aspects in describing the definition of emotions and will also argue on various types of emotions like being excited, happy, sad, angry, scared, tender and so on.

Emotions and Related Theories

What is emotion and how do we describe it? The search for answer to this question has been on for many thousands of years and will carry on for much more time to come. However a scientific explanation to this can be given that emotions are very complex psycho-physiological experiences of any person's state of mind which are defined and altered by many internal as well as environmental influences. Emotions of human beings are considered to be more complex as compared to that of any other living creatures like animals or plants, this is because they involve more complex form of physiological arousal, any sort of expressive behavior or any type of conscious experience.

The emotions of any common individual is usually related with that person's mood, level of temper, its overall personality, its disposition and its overall motivation skills. Motivations can be used to boost the behavior whereas the emotions give the vital ingredients to the motivation factor. The study of emotions has not been developed into any sort of standardized classifications in order to justify itself, but rather it can be defined through many different categories such as the cognitive and non-cognitive set of emotions, the instinctual vs. cognitive set of emotions and so on. "Emotions can also be described based on the time factor such as some emotions occur and last for only few moments like any surprise, while others may last for many years like revenge or love." (Roberts, 2003).

In the field of Psychology, there are mainly five key theories which explains in great detail why individuals get to experience different sorts of emotions. These are the "James-Lange" theory which says that firstly it is the different events which cause the main physiological effect, the interpretation of these events are done later on. After interpretation we then experience emotions. If the arousal is gone unnoticed, then there is no emotion experienced. The "Cannon-Bard" theory suggests that the physiological arousals as well as the emotions are felt at the very same time.

The "Schachter-Singer" theory suggests that any sort of event is responsible for the physiological arousal in the first place. The reasoning for this arousal must be found out afterwards and even after that the labeling of the emotion is done. The "Lazarus" theory suggests that any sort of thought processing must proceed before any type of emotional or physiological arousal. Here, the Lazarus theory clearly states that the individual must first clearly thought on its situation before experiencing any emotion.