PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Carroll Izard, Positive Psychology, Relative Deprivation

• School: Drexel University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Megan L Meyer

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There are ten basic emotions: joy, interest-excitement, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt) But carroll izard argues that emotions are combinations of each other. So, love is like a mixture of joy and excitement. Ingredients of emotion not only include physiology and expressive behavior, but also one"s conscious experience. or not. Any emotion is a combination of feeling good vs bad, and being aroused and energized. - emotional release: anger can be temporarily calming only if one does not feel guilty or anxious rage. Ii. people understand their own emotions and make decisions appropriately. Happy people see the world as safer and feel more confident. They cooperate more easily and they savor their positive past experiences without dwelling on the negative. Relationships, self-image, and hopes of the future seem more promising. If you saw the world in a gloomy perspective, you might think that nothing is meaningful and become more skeptical and more critical of your surroundings.