Week of October 1-7 - Question 1

The organismic view or emotions is the perspective on emotions that makes the most sense to me. It means that when we perceive a situation, we react physiologically first, and from there we experience emotions. The text used examples such as a tingle of anticipation when seeing a gift, or feeling a knot in your stomach when you get a low grade. I can relate to these situations and I know that I always react physiologically before I react emotionally. I remember when I broke up with my ex, before experiencing any kind of emotions I began to feel sick to my stomach and felt like I had a knot in my throat. These are physiological factors, and it wasn’t until after I experienced these things that I reacted emotionally. I think this perspective makes the most sense to me because it allows me to make the connection between my mind and body which results in emotion.