Types, Physiological Changes and Behavioural Changes in Emotion

Subject: Behavioral Science

Overview

Positive and negative emotions are the two types of emotions. Positive emotions are those that provide a happy state. For example, joy, love, happiness, surprise, and so on. The feeling that causes an uncomfortable state is referred to as negative emotion. For instance, fear, rage, jealousy, shyness, and so on. Emotional physiological and behavioral changes include facial expression, bodily movement, body posture, and so on. During an emotional state, the body's hormonal system and both the autonomic and somatic components of the peripheral nerve system are active.

Types of Emotions

Positive emotion: The emotion which produce pleasant state is called positive emotion. For instance ; joy, love, happiness, surprise,etc.
Negative emotion: The emotion which produces unpleasant state is called is called negative emotion. For example; fear, anger, jealousy, shyness,etc.

Physiological Changes and Behavioural Changes in Emotion

External Changes

Facial expression: Changes in facial expression occur throughout emotional states, for example, blush in shyness, face become a pole in fear, out turns up in joy, and mouth turns down in grief.
Eyes: Our eyes drop down in sadness , sorrow, slant up in excitement.
Forehead and eye brow: Horizontal wrinkles in the forehead , brow raised.
Vocal expression: Laughter denotes enjoyment and scream denote fear and excitement, tremor in voice denotes fear, loud high pitch voice denotes anger.
Body movement: Increase body movement denote excitement , happiness or scared, slow body movement denotes depression.
Body posture: Curl up in a fetal position denotes fear and depression.

Internal Changes

During emotional state, activity occurs in the body hormonal system and in both the autonomic and somatic parts of the peripheral nervous system.

Change in breathing: Deep breathing fear tends to increase in both fear and anger.
Change in muscle tendons: Increased in fear or anger .
Change in heart rate: Usually increase in both fear and anger.
Change in blood pressure: During emotional state blood vessels in the muscle delates and increase the blood pressure
Change in skin: The peripheral blood vessels of the skin constricted.
Change in glandular function: The hormone epinephrine and non-epinephrine are released from adrenal gland resulting in increasing heart rate , blood pressure, perspiration, etc.
Change in digestive system: Inhibits the digestion

Things to remember

Positive and negative emotions are the two types of emotions.
Positive emotions are those that provide a happy state.
For example, joy, love, happiness, surprise, and so on.
The feeling that causes an uncomfortable state is referred to as negative emotion. For instance, fear, rage, jealousy, shyness, and so on.
Emotional physiological and behavioral changes include facial expression, bodily movement, body posture, and so on.
During an emotional state, the body's hormonal system and both the autonomic and somatic parts of the peripheral nervous system are active.

Questions and Answers

What are the types of emotions ?

1.positive emotion

The emotion which produce pleasant state is called positive emotion. For instance ; joy, love, happiness, surprise,etc.

2.negative emotion

The emotion which produces unpleasant state is called is called negative emotion. For example; fear, anger, jealousy, shyness,etc.

What are the physiological changes and behavioural changes in emotion ?

External changes

1.Facial expression : During emotional state there is change occur in the facial expression for example; blush in shyness, face become a pole in fear, out turns up in joy and mouth turns down in sadness.

2.Eyes : Our eyes drop down in sadness , sorrow, slant up in excitement.

3.Forehead and eye brow: horizontal wrinkles in the forehead , brow raised.

Vocal expression: laughter denotes enjoyment and scream denote fear and excitement, tremor in voice denotes fear , loud high pitch voice denotes anger.

5.Body movement : increase body movement denote excitement , happiness or scared, slow body movement denotes depression.

6.Body posture: curl up in a fetal position denotes fear and depression.

Internal changes

During emotional state , activity occurs in the body hormonal system and in both the autonomic and somatic parts of the peripheral nervous system.

1.Change in breathing: Deep breathing fear tends to increase in both fear and anger.

2.Change in muscle tendons: Increased in fear or anger .

3.Change in heart rate: Usually increase in both fear and anger.

4.Change in blood pressure: During emotional state blood vessels in the muscle delates and increase the blood pressure

.5.Change in skin:The peripheral blood vessels of the skin constricted.

6.Change in glandular function: The hormone epinephrine and non-epinephrine are released from adrenal gland resulting in increasing heart rate , blood pressure, perspiration, etc.

7.Change in digestive system : Inhibits the digestion