1. Regulation of Emotion

2. Name the emotion Contempt Surprise Anger Happiness Disgust Sadness Fear

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18. Emotions Definition: Complex and intense psychological and physiological reactions to a particular event. There are three components to emotions. 1.Expressive behaviour 2.Physiological response 3.Subjective feelings

19. 1. Expressive Behaviour Expressive behaviours are the ways in which individuals respond to the emotions they are experiencing. They include facial expressions.

20. Facial Expressions Psychologist Paul Ekman has studied facial expressions. He found facial expressions remain the same around the world when conveying emotions. Ekman identified seven basic emotions that are displayed with universal facial expressions. They are: Happiness, Fear, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Surprise, and Contempt.

21. 2. Physiological responses Physiological (physical) responses to emotions originate in the brain. Emotions are generated in the Limbic System of the brain. Limbic System: pushes us away from dangerous or fearful situations by activating the sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-fight), or pushing us towards rewards, where we experience happiness.

22. The Limbic System includes brain structures such as the Hypothalamus and Amygdala. Amygdala: a structure that is responsible for the experience of fear. It is involved in attaching emotions to memory.

23. 3. Subjective Feelings Subjective feelings are the ways that individuals experience reactions to emotions. For example: one person may experience happiness at the thought of seeing snakes at the zoo and another person may feel fear and disgust.

24. The Prefrontal Cortex is responsible for evaluating our subjective feelings in response to physiological reactions our body has made. Prefrontal Cortex: regulates emotions. For example: the prefrontal cortex interprets the fight-or-flight response as a particular emotion - happiness (stay) to see snakes, or fear (run away).

25. Re-evaluating The prefrontal cortex can change our emotional reactions. If we try to think about something fearful in a new way, we can alter the way we react emotionally. For example: snakes are dangerous (fear). Only a couple of types of snakes are dangerous and it’s highly unlikely I’ll see one where I live (fear lessens).