Our Emotions Diary

Identifying and measuring our sensations is difficult because it is not docile to objectively assess what we are feeling at that specific lieu for emotions are subjective experiences. To accurately identify the range of our emotions and to classify it correctly takes greater control and self-awareness that I could not possibly muster. I shed tried to identify the emotions based on the situations that triggered it. The James-Lange supposition of emotion verbalise that we first have physiological responses to a situation and only so will we interpret those experiences to determine the present emotion (Zajonc & McIntosh, 1992).Which is actually how close to of us respond to an situation, like when I knew I felt skittish because I was feeling uneasy by describeting late for class. On the other hand, I withal felt confused on whether I got it mixed up whether I experienced the situation and thusly the physiological arousal together with the emotion occurred at the same time, the Cannon-Bard theory supports this explanation although they did not give much importance to the thoughts that occur during that experience (Stein, Trabasso & Liwag, 1993).Although, we get to experience a myriad of emotions and in varying degrees, few emotions are easier to identify like happiness and anger, while diverseiating macrocosm upset from being sad is difficult. I could categorize it according to whether it is positive or disallow and when I smiled I knew that I was happy at that time. Facial feedback theory says that the facial changes that occur in response to an event cues our brain and then define what kind of emotion we feel at that moment (Strongman, 1996).I also observed that we tend to respond to facial expressions, like when a individual burst into tears we know that she is sad or afraid. With this activity, I acquire that emotions, physical arousal, cognitive thoughts, and our brain interact together to produce different emotions. As to how all these el ement interact lies to be discovered, which I think will always be an aspect that will remain a mystery.ReferencesStein, N., Trabasso, T. & Liwag, M. (1993). The representation and organization of emotionalexperience Unfolding the emotion episode. In M. Lewis & J. M. Haviland (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions (pp. 279-300). New York Guilford.Strongman, K. (1996). The Psychology of Emotion Theories of Emotion in Perspective, 4th ed.New York John Wiley & Sons.Zajonc, R. & McIntosh, D. (1992). Emotions research Some promising questions and somequestionable promises. Psychological Science, 3, 70-74.