Understanding Emotions

Emotions that add color to our experiences play a very important role in our lives because they have very important functions. Emotions have individual functions, such as helping us act quickly with minimal thinking, preparing our bodies for immediate action, influencing our thoughts, and motivating us to act. Emotional expressions; It also has interpersonal functions such as facilitating certain behaviors for the perceiver, providing information about the nature of interpersonal relationships, and regulating social interaction. On the other hand, our culturally shaped emotions help us orient ourselves towards socially appropriate behaviors defined by our culture.