What is an Emotion?

• • The Latin root word mot, meaning “to move,”
  • Emotions are the “feeling” aspect of consciousness.
  • Buck defined, ‘Emotion is the process by which the motivational potential is realized or “read out” when challenging stimuli activates it.’
  • They are attitudes or responses to a situation or an object, like judgments. (Zemach, 2001)
  • For example- Joy, Excitement, Tenderness, Sadness, Anger, Fear & Love, etc

What are Positive Emotions ?

• Joy,
• Happiness,
• satisfaction,
• Gratitude,
• hope,
• pride,
• love,
• Interest,
• Serenity.

Being outgoing and sociable goes together with the experience of positive emotions. A person might characteristically experience many positive emotion and many negative emotion, few of either, or more of one than the other.