Moods

Emotions are intense feelings that originate as sensations in the body and last only seconds to minutes.

Emotions are controlled by chemicals released in the brain in response to a trigger or event.

Moods, feelings, and emotions are all related to our emotional state, but moods are more long-lasting and less intense than emotions.

<p>Chemicals released in the brain form a feedback loop between the body and brain, creating emotions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understanding the difference between moods, feelings, and emotions can help us manage them when they affect our lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mental state is a state of mind of a person that comprises various aspects such as perception, pain/pleasure experience, belief, desire, intention, emotion, and memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The different approaches to defining mental states include epistemic approaches, consciousness-based approaches, intentionality-based approaches, and functionalist approaches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to epistemic approaches, the essential mark of mental states is that their subject has privileged epistemic access while others can only infer their existence from outward signs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Consciousness-based approaches hold that all mental states are either conscious themselves or stand in the right relation to conscious states.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intentionality-based approaches define mental states based on the power of minds to refer to objects and represent the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers