BY: SKYLLAR
Emotion is a response of the whole organism, involving
physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience. Many
people experience emotions differently. Some people are extremely emotional,
while other people may seem almost emotionless. There are six very common
emotions; happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, and fear. When sitting
in my psychology class last week, I learned about those six emotions, and I
learned about a few different emotion theories. What I didn’t learn was why do
people have emotions?
Many people think the answer to that question is very simple. Some people may say that emotions are what make us human, and make us who we are as individuals. They make us feel. In a sense, anyone who thinks that isn’t totally wrong. Emotions do make us feel things. For example, we label certain things as “good” emotions, while others are bad. Love and excitement are usually considered good, whereas sadness and anxiety are bad. This is because of the way they physically make us feel. In order to have emotions they need involve a mental state and a physiological state. The mental state is the cognitive label we use to describe how we feel. The physiological state is the associated physical sensations we feel in our body due to the emotion.
There is no right or wrong way to feel something. Everyone experiences emotions differently. There isn’t a certain way you’re supposed to feel based on certain situations either. Feelings also aren’t a weakness. Everybody experiences negative emotions at some point and expressing so doesn’t mean you’re weak, it simply means something is bothering you. Overall, emotions are extremely important. Emotions help motivate us, help us communicate with people, help communicate to ourselves what we do and do not like, and much more.
Gagnon, Danny, and -. "Why Do We Have Emotions?" WHY
DO WE HAVE EMOTIONS?(n.d.): n. pag. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.
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