Psychological Changes during Emotion

Group Members• Jamal Shams Khanzada (13083122-035)• Mubashar Husain Shah (13083122-026)• Talha Khan (13083122-025)

What are emotions?

Joy

Sadne

ss

Fear

Disgust

Anger

Excitem

ent

What are emotions?• A complex state of feeling that results in physical and

psychological changes that influence thought and behavior.• Plutchik suggested that there are 8 primary emotional

dimensions.• Happiness vs. Sadness• Anger vs. Fear• Trust vs. Disgust• Surprise vs. anticipation

Types of Emotions• Anger• During this emotion, different

people react different . Like some people remain calm in anger but some show their anger even they get rude. Some started crying ( specially girls) and some start abusing ( specially boys). People also feel sweat and shiver during anger. These are the changes that occur during anger.

Types of Emotions• Fear• Fear is the emotion that traps us

from early childhood and holds our hand till death. Fear of Father, fear of mother, fear of teacher, fear of getting last, fear of exams. In fear heartbeat increases and so as blood pressure, one start sweating. Like other emotions, fear is also treated differently. Some face the fear (men) and some start crying (women).

Types of Emotions• Sadness• Someone said, “you cannot

find joy precious until you meet sadness”. Most of the people stop talking when they are sad. This is common to both genders. Many people don’t show their sadness but very few show it and want to get extra care.

Types of Emotions• Happiness• Like anger, happiness or you can say

the feeling of joy reacts distinctly in different people. Some people start dancing with delight, some start shrieking, some remember the Giver and say Thanks to the Giver (Almighty Allah), while some forget Him. Many people start crying with the sorrows of joy (specially old fellows) while many control their self and show no expression.

Components of Emotions

Physical component• Changes in viscera• Changes in skeleton• Coordinated activity of

autonomic and somatic nervous system

Mental Component• Cognition (awareness of

sensation and its cause)• Affect (the feeling itself)• Conation (urge to take action)

Critical components of Emotions• Subjective components• How we experience the emotion

• Physiological components• How our bodies react to emotion

• Expressive components• How we behave in response of emotion

Critical ComponentsThese components can be explained by a simple example.Let us consider an example of two person. One who fears from lion (A), one who do not fear (B). When both are in the jungle; suddenly they hear a roar. In reaction of this, A feels the emotion of fear and runs away from danger where B feels the emotion of excitement as he do not fear from lion and wants to see it so he moves towards danger.

So it is clear from example that for a same event; subjective, physiological and expressive components of different people are different from each other.

Critical Component

Person A• Subjective• He listen to roar and feels fear

• Physiological • He feels sweat and brain conveys

message to run

• Expressive• He runs away from the danger

(lion)

Person B• Subjective• He listen to roar and feels

excitement

• Physiological • His brain wants to see the lion

• Expressive• He runs towards the danger (lion)

Purpose• Emotions play an important role in how we think and

behave• Emotions motivate us to take action• Emotions help us survive and avoid danger

Purpose •Emotions can help us make decisions•Emotions allow other people to understand us•Emotions allow us to understand others

Stages of lifeDifferent changes occur in different stages of life.There are three stages of life,• Puberty• Early adulthood• Middle adulthood• Later adulthood

Puberty • Puberty is a time in our life when our reproductive organs mature this

mean our body become capable of having babies. • As you began to go through puberty you grow taller, stronger, heavier,

smellier, moodier and you may get pimples.• Puberty often begins at 10 years of age. But you can not see any

outward sign then. Physical changes become more obvious at about 13 to 16 years for most boys and about 11 to 14 years for most girls.

Sign of puberty (M/F)• Both will get taller , stronger and will larger muscles• Neck, legs and chest muscles and shoulders get bigger and stronger• Body hair begins to grow around pubic area, on legs, under arms and

on the face (only males).• The hair start off fine and become coarser and darker over the year of

puberty• Skin on face become oilier.• Hair can become more oilier and you may need to wash it more often.

• Sweat Glands become more active and this can mean body odor.• You voice become deeper (males only).• You may start to think more about relationships and family.

Puberty : what you feel?• You may be starting to think about some deep questions like how I

am? , what is the meaning of life?• Self conscious about how you look• Can feel embraced if you look and feel different to your friend• Other people may start to respond to you differently , you look older

and may be treated as older person• It can be frustrating waiting for physical changes to happen•

Emotional changes that occur during puberty• Feeling over sensitive

During puberty, since your body undergoes many changes, it is common to feel uncomfortable about them and become overly sensitive about your physical appearance. As a result you may feel irritated quite easily, lose your temper or feel depressed. It will be useful to be aware of the changes in your behavior and talk about it with someone that you're comfortable talking to.

Emotional changes that occur during puberty• Looking for an identity

Since you are in the process of becoming an adult, you may feel inclined to figure out what makes you unique as a person. There is also a general tendency that you associate more with your friends than your family members.

Emotional changes that occur during puberty• Feeling uncertain

Since you're not completely an adult and are not a child anymore, puberty can potentially lead to uncertain times. As a transition phase, you may begin to wonder and think about new and unfamiliar aspects of life such as career, livelihood and marriage.

Emotional changes that occur during puberty• Conflicting thoughts

Since you are somewhere in b/w as a teenager during puberty, you may feel stuck between how you were as a child and how you wish to be as an adult. For example, you might want to be more independent and at the same time, might also look for support from your parents.

Emotional changes that occur during puberty• Mood Swings

To add to the uncertainty and conflicting thoughts, you may also experience frequent and sometimes extreme changes in your mood. For example, sometimes your mood will swing between feeling confident and happy to feeling irritated and depressed in a short span of time. These frequent swings in how you feel are called mood swings. They may occur due to shifting levels of hormones in your body and other changes taking place during puberty.

Emotional changes that occur during puberty• Feeling conscious about self

The onset of puberty can vary on an individual basis. Therefore the way you grow maybe different from the way your friends grow. This can make you conscious about the way you're growing up and your body.

Relationship with parents• Relationship with parents is a challenge when you are young.• You may think differently to your parents and have different values

and believe which can lead to conflict at home or breakdowns in communication• Positive relationship are important for good health, if you are

supportive , loving relationships you are more likely to feel happy and satisfied with your life.• Relationship effect how you feel about yourself and cope with things

that happen.

Family conflicts• Everyone has family conflict. There could be a number of causes

ranking from lack of communication to differences in value.• Sometime you might just need to agree to disagree to be able to

move forward.

Causes of conflict• Opinion and values are different• Misunderstanding• Lack of communication• Wanting more independence • Treated like a kid• Change in your family (separation, divorce, new baby, moving from a

new country)• Expectation and pressure

What you can do?• Getting a different perspective• Count to ten before responding• It will give you a time to cool off, let anger go and come back with an effective

response

• Get some space• Don’t make it personal• Listen and accept their point of view• Be willing to compromise

Changes during early adulthoodEarly adulthood starts from 21 to 35 and during this life the aspects that changes your feelings and eventually emotions are• Carrier• Living• Relationships• Choices• Your Place on earth• Personality

Changes during middle adulthoodLater adulthood starts from 35 to 52 and the aspects that change your emotions are• Life with wife• Life with children• Future planning (children future)• Property

Changes during later adulthoodLater childhood starts from 54 till death and the aspects that change you emotions are• Physical changes which include deceases like sugar, high blood

pressure weal eye sight etc. change your mood and way of thinking.