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==Definition of emotion==
Emotion is
Anger does agree that the distinction between emotion and feeling is quite important. According to [[António Damásio|Damasio]], feeling can be viewed as the subjective experience of an emotion that arises physiologically in the brain. <ref>Damasio, Antonio (1994) ''Descartes Error'' Penguin Putnam, New York, New York</ref>▼
Many psychologists adopt the ABC model, which defines emotions in terms of three fundamental attributes: A. physiological arousal, B. behavioral expression (e.g. facial expressions), and C. conscious experience, the subjective feeling of an emotion. All three attributes are necessary for a full fledged emotional event, though the intensity of each may vary greatly. ▼
Robert Masters makes the following distinctions between [[Affect (psychology)|affect]], feeling and emotion: "As I define them, affect is an innately structured, non-cognitive evaluative sensation that may or may not register in consciousness; feeling is affect made conscious, possessing an evaluative capacity that is not only physiologically based, but that is often also psychologically (and sometimes relationally) oriented; and emotion is psychosocially constructed, dramatized feeling."<ref>Masters, Robert (2000), [http://robertmasters.com/ESSAY-pages/Compassion-Wrath.htm ''Compassionate Wrath: Transpersonal Approaches to Anger'']</ref>▼
▲Emotion is sometimes regarded as the antithesis of [[reason]]. This distinction stems from [[Western philosophy]] and is reflected in common phrases like ''appeal to emotion'' or ''your emotions have taken over''. Emotions can be undesired to the individual experiencing them; he or she may wish to control but often cannot. Thus one of the most distinctive, and perhaps challenging, facts about human beings is this potential for entanglement, or even opposition, between [[will (philosophy)|will]], emotion, and reason.
In [[Paul D. MacLean]]'s classic [[Triune brain]] model, emotions are defined as the responses of the [[Limbic system|Mammalian cortex]]. Emotion competes with even more instinctive responses from the [[R-complex|Reptilian cortex]] and the more logical, reasoning [[neocortex]]. However, current research on the [[Affective neuroscience|neural circuitry of emotion]] suggests that emotion is an essential part of human [[decision-making]] and planning, and that the famous distinction made by [[Descartes]] between reason and emotion is not as clear as it seems.<ref>Damasio, Antonio (1994) ''Descartes Error'' Penguin Putnam, New York, New York</ref>
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Psychiatrist [[William Glasser]]'s theory of the human control system states that behavior is composed of four simultaneous components: deeds, ideas, emotions, and physiological states. He asserts that we choose the idea and deed and that the ''associated'' emotions and physiological states also occur but cannot be chosen independently. He calls his construct a ''total behavior'' to distinguish it from the common concept of behavior. He uses the verbs to describe what is commonly ''seen'' as emotion. For example, he uses 'to depress' to describe the total behavior commonly known as depression which, to him, includes depressing ideas, actions, emotions, and physiological states. Dr. Glasser also further asserts that internal choices (conscious or unconscious) cause emotions instead of external stimuli.
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▲Many psychologists adopt the ABC model, which defines emotions in terms of three fundamental attributes: A. physiological arousal, B. behavioral expression (e.g. facial expressions), and C. conscious experience, the subjective feeling of an emotion. All three attributes are necessary for a full fledged emotional event, though the intensity of each may vary greatly.
▲Robert Masters makes the following distinctions between [[Affect (psychology)|affect]], feeling and emotion: "As I define them, affect is an innately structured, non-cognitive evaluative sensation that may or may not register in consciousness; feeling is affect made conscious, possessing an evaluative capacity that is not only physiologically based, but that is often also psychologically (and sometimes relationally) oriented; and emotion is psychosocially constructed, dramatized feeling."<ref>Masters, Robert (2000), [http://robertmasters.com/ESSAY-pages/Compassion-Wrath.htm ''Compassionate Wrath: Transpersonal Approaches to Anger'']</ref>
Many people find it hard to express emotion. Some emotions may include; happiness, sadness, jealousy, excitedness and many others. A disease commonly known as [[Depression (mood)|depression]] is a type of illness associated with emotional disregulation. Depression is extremely prevalent but its cause is still largely unknown. Treatments therefore vary, with people relying on anti-depressants, therapy, and herbal and alternative medicines.
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