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Emotions - Coggle Diagram
Emotions
Theories of emotions
Charles Darwin stated that emotions can evolve, and depending the environment, adapt to make our survival chances better
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The Cannon-Bard Theory is very similar to the james-lange, but it says that the physical responses and feeling an emotion happens at the same time
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Key elements
Subjective experience: Even though there are emotions that are universally experienced, everyone can feel it differently and normally you don't feel only one emotion, but a mix of them
Pyseological response: a lot of emotions normally trigger the body, creates a response
The autonomic nervous system is in charge of the fight or flight situations, which are involuntary and prepare yourself from danger
The amygdala takes care of hunger, thirst, memory and emotion
Bahavioral response: the action of showing an emotion and also understanding the ones of others. People from different parts of the world might have different responses for the same type of emotion
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The difference between emotions and feelings is that feelings are what uyou experience as an effectof your emotions. On the other hand, a mood is something temporary, which can be difficult ti identify