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  • Emotion
    A brief, intense reaction to a stimulus involving bodily changes, thoughts, and outward behaviors, typically lasting minutes.
  • Mood
    A diffuse, long-lasting state without a clear cause, lower in intensity than emotional reactions, and can last hours or days.
  • Valence
    A dimension describing how pleasant or unpleasant an emotional experience feels, ranging from negative to positive.
  • Arousal
    A dimension reflecting the level of physiological activation, from energizing high states to draining low states, during emotional experiences.
  • Physiological Changes
    Bodily responses such as heart rate, respiration, or neurotransmitter activity that accompany emotional reactions.
  • Cognitive Processes
    Mental activities including subjective feelings, labeling of emotions, and appraisals involved in emotional experiences.
  • Behavioral Expression
    Outward signs of emotion, such as facial expressions or body language, that communicate internal states.
  • Appraisal
    A cognitive evaluation or interpretation of a stimulus that influences the emotional response.
  • Subjective Feelings
    Personal, internal experiences that help identify and label specific emotions.
  • Facial Expressions
    Visible movements of facial muscles that convey emotional states to others.
  • Body Language
    Nonverbal physical movements or postures that reflect emotional states.
  • Homeostasis
    A state of physiological neutrality where the body shows no significant emotional activation or change.
  • Negative Valence
    An emotional quality associated with unpleasant or aversive feelings.
  • Positive Valence
    An emotional quality associated with pleasant or desirable feelings.
  • Emotional Intelligence
    The capacity to recognize, understand, and manage one's own and others' emotional experiences.