Emotions are essentially impulses that move an organism to action, originating automatic reaction behavior which has been adapted through evolution as a survival need. Davidoff (1980) defines emotion as a feeling that is expressed through physiological functions such as facial expressions, faster heartbeat, and behaviors such as aggression, crying, covering face with hands, and so on. Emotion is complex, and the term has no single universally accepted definition. Emotions are mental states that arise spontaneously, rather than ...

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• Emotion - Etymology
• Emotion - Physical responses to emotion
• Emotion - Computer models of emotion
• Emotion - Emotion researchers

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Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise It is not clear whether emotion is a purely human phenomenon, since animals seem to exhibit conditions which resemble emotional responses such as anger, fear or sadness, and some animals also exhibit similar neu ...

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Emotion, Emotion - Relation to cultural and social factors, Emotion - Theoretical traditions, Emotion - Etymology, Emotion - Physical responses to emotion, Emotion - Computer models of emotion, Emotion - Emotion researchers

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According to Cornelius (1996), four main theoretical traditions have dominated research in emotions starting in the 1800's with Darwin's observations of emotion in man and animals. These traditions are not mutually exclusive and many researchers incorporate multiple perspectives in their work. The Darwinian perspective First articulated in the late 19th century by Charles Darwin, emotions evolved via natural expression and therefore have cross-culturally universal counterparts. Most research in this area has focuse ...

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Emotion, Emotion - Relation to cultural and social factors, Emotion - Theoretical traditions, Emotion - Etymology, Emotion - Physical responses to emotion, Emotion - Computer models of emotion, Emotion - Emotion researchers

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