Basic Emotions and Feelings for Kids | How to Identify an Emotion | Social Skills for Kids

foreign [Music] s and feelings are a huge part of all of us everybody has different emotions and feelings these feelings give us information about what we are experiencing and help us know how to react it's very common for a person to experience different emotions throughout the day as different things happen and situations develop but our emotions and feelings the same the answer is no feelings are different from emotions even though both are related essentially emotions are the subconscious and instinctive response to something happening around us emotions lead us to react physically for example today is your birthday with an upcoming party this evening you are happy with a big smile on your face and a positive body language here happiness is the emotion feelings on the other hand are mental associations and reactions to an emotion that a personal and acquired through experience let's take the birthday example when you receive presence depending on who it is from you may feel either appreciative and very excited or appreciative but somewhat guilty because your mother went out of her way to spend money on you feelings can be entirely subjective and Vary from person to person based on their experiences for the same emotion according to psychologist Paul Ekman there are six basic emotions that are universally experienced in all human cultures they are happiness sadness fear anger surprise and disgust and can you believe that there are over 4 000 feelings associated with these emotions let us now learn more about the basic emotions and some of the associated feelings we will also learn how to recognize any emotion based on our facial expressions tone of voice sensation and body language [Music] how is happiness expressed a smile is the universal facial expression to Signal a person's happiness the tone of voice may be signaled with a sigh of satisfaction squeal of Joy excited shout or laughter the most common ways people describe the sensation of happiness is feeling uplifted and energetic depending on the state of our happiness our posture can be very relaxed or operating elevated [Music] so what are some of the common triggers for happiness happiness derived through one of the five senses like eating your favorite food or moving your body and dancing or maybe listening to your favorite music feeling connected like playing with your friends at the playground or spending quality time with family witnessing or participating in acts of kindness and compassion like helping clear snow for an elderly neighbor Personal Achievement or witnessing the achievements of a loved one like winning a race or success at work experiencing Something Beautiful surprising or amazing maybe like a wedding experiencing or witnessing something humorous or amusing expressing happiness plays an important role in signaling friendliness and assuring that we are not a threat to others [Music] sadness so how is sadness expressed some of the strong signs of sadness are the inner eyebrow race and lip Corners pulled downward depending on the type and intensity of sadness someone's voice can either become lower in pitch and softer in volume or higher in pitch and louder in volume like when somebody is crying aloud common Sensations include tightness of the chest stinging in the throat and or watery eyes there are often a lowered or hunched posture and looking away at a downwards so what are some of the common triggers for sadness sickness or death of a loved one endings and goodbyes [Music] rejection by a friend or a family member [Music] disappointed by an unexpected outcome loss of something that is valuable or maybe precious to you the universal function of sadness is to in some way signal for health this can be a signal to others saying that we need converting or to ourselves to take some time and recoup from our loss fear so how is fear expressed the facial expressions for fear show distinctly raised eyebrows widened eyes pulled back chin and the lips being tensed and stretched when experiencing fear one's voice often has a higher pitch and sounds very strained one may also scream common Sensations include feeling cold rapid breathing and fast heartbeats it may also include sweating and trembling the posture of Fear Can indicate either an attempt to hide or an attempt to flee from the threat so what are some common triggers for fear Darkness or loss of visibility of surroundings Heights and flying [Music] social interactions and or rejection [Music] health related like blood illness doctors death spiders insects snakes and other animals the only way to deal with fear is to face it avoiding our fears only prevents us from moving forward and it actually makes us more anxious be gentle with yourself and do only what feels safe to you anger [Music] so how is anger expressed in Anger the eyebrows come down and together the eyes glare and there is a narrowing of the lip corners for most anger is vocalized as one of two ways when controlled it might have a sharp edge to it if not controlled anger can even generate a roar or a yell typical Sensations include feeling hot sweating muscle tension and maybe even clenching one's jaw or Fists most people find themselves taking a strong stance or turning away some aggressive behaviors can be hitting kicking or throwing objects so what are some of the common triggers for anger another person's anger one of the biggest problems with anger is that it is difficult not to reciprocate observing someone breaking the law or a cultural role like cutting in line someone trying to hurt us or a loved one physically or psychologically disrespect or abusive language shaming or blaming or insults can result in Anger betrayal abandonment and or rejection anger easily causes harm to ourselves and others when we are angry we are most likely to say or do things that hurt another person the remedy focus on the action and not on the actor on what the other person did that made you angry and not on the other person him or herself foreign is the briefest of all the emotions lasting a few seconds at most within seconds surprise passes as we figure out what is happening from there surprise May merge into Amusement anger relief fear and so forth depending upon what is it that surprised us it may also be followed by no emotion at all if we determine that the surprising event was of no consequence to us so how was surprise expressed in Surprise the eyebrows are raised but show more curved than seen in fear the ice might be widened and the mouth opened there is often an audible gasp a quick momentary intake of breath was surprised at times there could be a yellow or a scream too Sensations include a general sense of attentiveness moving the head bringing the hands up to Shield the face and maybe even jumping backwards so what are some of the common triggers for surprise sudden loud noises like a balloon popping unexpected movements like someone sneaking upon you the function of surprise is to focus our attention so we can determine what is happening and whether we are in danger or not discussed disgust arises as a feeling of aversion towards something offensive we can feel disgusted by something we perceive with our physical senses like sight smell or touch and so on or by the actions or appearances of people and even by ideas so how is disgust expressed the most easily recognizable and obvious signs of disgust are the wrinkling of the nose and curling the upper lip common vocal expressions are making a yucker you sound choking and maybe gagging too common Sensations include revulsion in the mouth throat and maybe stomach and nausea disgust often leads to physically turning the head or body away from the source of disgust so what are some of the common triggers for disgust certain foods often from cultures other than our own seeing someone injured or sight of blood actions of other people something rotting the universal function of disgust is to get away from block off or eliminate something offensive toxic or contaminating now which emotion is easy to recognize and which one do you struggle with please leave a comment we have now learned about all the six basic emotions how to recognize each one of them with facial expressions tone of voice Sensations and body language and some of the common triggers [Music]