According to Paul Ekman, Ph.D., emotions is what unifies all of humankind, also, that all individuals have the same emotions. There is evidence that there are about six or seven types of emotions. But what are the characteristics of emotions?
Paul Ekman informs us that one of the first characteristics of an emotion it that it’s unbidden. Unbidden is arising without conscious effort, we don’t choose to have an emotion. For example, we don’t get to say, “alright now I’m going to be happy”. But with the entertainment world in some sense we can short circuit that. We can read a scary book or go to a movie that will make us cry. Entertainment offers the opportunity to induce the emotions but we can’t do it voluntarily. The second one that sets off our …show more content…
Which is the history of our species, by what has been adoptive for us to become emotional about according to Ekman. For example, I was depressed when Bing Bong died in the movie Inside Out. Unlike my friend who couldn’t care less about his death. We are the same but enormously different from each other. The same in terms from our evolutionary heritage, but different in terms how we grew up. Phylogeny and ontogeny influence the emotions, and what triggers them. The third that does the triggering is the consciousness. There is 100 – 200 milliseconds by which every complex evaluation is made. For example, in Inside Out none of the emotions have to trigger Riley to walk that all happens without our thought. All of our motor skills operate automatically because it’s all things we have already learned. Emotions are triggered without us being able to witness that process or influence us that much. The forth characteristic is that there is a signal. Emotions aren’t private, there is a signal in our face and voice that informs other individuals about what our
Paul Ekman informs us that one of the first characteristics of an emotion it that it’s unbidden. Unbidden is arising without conscious effort, we don’t choose to have an emotion. For example, we don’t get to say, “alright now I’m going to be happy”. But with the entertainment world in some sense we can short circuit that. We can read a scary book or go to a movie that will make us cry. Entertainment offers the opportunity to induce the emotions but we can’t do it voluntarily. The second one that sets off our …show more content…
Which is the history of our species, by what has been adoptive for us to become emotional about according to Ekman. For example, I was depressed when Bing Bong died in the movie Inside Out. Unlike my friend who couldn’t care less about his death. We are the same but enormously different from each other. The same in terms from our evolutionary heritage, but different in terms how we grew up. Phylogeny and ontogeny influence the emotions, and what triggers them. The third that does the triggering is the consciousness. There is 100 – 200 milliseconds by which every complex evaluation is made. For example, in Inside Out none of the emotions have to trigger Riley to walk that all happens without our thought. All of our motor skills operate automatically because it’s all things we have already learned. Emotions are triggered without us being able to witness that process or influence us that much. The forth characteristic is that there is a signal. Emotions aren’t private, there is a signal in our face and voice that informs other individuals about what our