Definition of Emotion

Definition of EMOTION


Emotion is the complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience". Emotion is associated with mood, temperament, personality and disposition, and motivation. The English word 'emotion' is derived from the French word émouvoir. This is based on the Latin emovere, where e- (variant of ex-) means 'out' and movere means 'move'. The related term "motivation" is also derived from the word movere. 


Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion




List of EMOTION:

• fear -> feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear), shock, phobia (fear of one thing)
• anger -> feeling angry. Another word is rage. One can be angry with theirself or with others.
• sorrow -> feeling sad. Other words are sadness, grief (a stronger feeling, for example when someone has died) or depression (feeling sad for a long time). Some people think depression is a different emotion.
• joy -> feeling happy. Other words are happiness, glee (when something good happens to someone. or something bad happens to someone else), gladness.
• disgust -> feeling something is wrong or dirty.
• acceptance -> feeling happy with something.
• anticipation -> feeling happy because of something in the future.
• surprise -> how one feels when something happens quickly or when someone did not think it would happen. 

Reference:http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emotions

Emotion is separated into 7 types in Chinese culture 


七情：喜、怒、哀、惧、爱、恶、欲 。

七情：
（1）喜，即快乐、愉悦。
（2）怒，即发怒、气愤。
（3）哀，即忧伤、悲痛。
（4）惧，即害怕、担忧。
  (5）爱，即喜欢、钟情。
（6）恨，即讨厌、憎恨。
（7）怜，即怜悯，同情。


7 types of emotions :

1. Joy : The feeling of happy, enjoy and like caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying.
2. Anger : Angry feel which caused by something dislike. 
3. Sadness : Felling of sorrow or grief as something unexpected happened.
4. Fear : Scare or shock of an object which is beyond expectational and extraordinary. 
5. Love : A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection as for family members or friends. 
6. Hate : Feel extreme aversion for something or dislike.
7. Sympathize : Fell a compassionate sympathy as for suffering or trouble which an individual doesn't experienced before.

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