http://www.school.eb.com/comptons/article-9274173
The article that I researched has three pages, but I focused on the first page. The first page explained the role of emotion overall- not importance or theories of emotion etc.
Important definitions (A part of bullet points):
Psychologists: investigate emotions through the process of learning, personality development, and behavior with other people.
Psychiatrists: research, diagnose, and treat mood disorders (Examples: Depression and Mania)
Anthropologists: research the similarities and differences between different cultures
Sociologists: look at the effect social interaction can be to one's emotions
Philosophers: study the causes and effects of rationality, ethics, and religion, and how these different emotional aspects can cause different emotions
Bullet points:
*Emotions can be known as feeling such as: joy, sadness, fear, or anger
*Emotions can also be known as chemical changes in the brain, physical changes in the body, or can be recognized by certain behaviors (Example: facial expressions)
*Emotions represent a synthesis of physical processes and result from specific stimuli
*Emotions are behaviors that one expresses when they feel a certain way
Questions:
*What makes us feel emotions?
*Do all living things experience the feeling of emotions?
