Emotions

• The Study of Emotions
  • The Study of Emotions - Begin your journey into our study of emotions
  • What are emotions? - Not just what Noah Webster has to say!
  • Functions of Emotions - More than just the "color" in our lives
• The Nervous System
  • The Nervous System - The "nuts and bolts" behind how our body reacts to our environment
  • Emotions and the Brain - How our grey matter deals with our emotions
  • The Lobes of the Brain - One of the ways our brain is divided
  • Divisions of the Brain - The Forebrain, Midbrain, and Hindbrain - A no brainer!
  • The Limbic System - Find out what makes you "behave like an animal"!
  • Evolution of the Brain - Archipallium, Paleopallium, Neopallium - What's your pallium?
• Candace Pert's Theory
  • The Body: A Communication Highway - Introducing Candace Pert's theory of emotions
  • Brain-Body Communication System - Find out who's behind the wheel in your body!
  • Ligands - Your body's little message carriers
  • Receptors - Learn the Dance of the Receptor and Peptide!
  • The Emotional Connection - Candace Pert's theory of "Molecules of Emotions"
  • History is Imprinted on our Bodies - The influence of your childhood
  • The Way Out: Laughter - It's the best medicine!
  • Putting YOU in the Driver's Seat! - Taking charge of what goes on in your body
• Expressions - two nonverbal ways we inform others of what we are feeling
  • Facial Expressions
  • Body Language
• Types of Emotions
  • Survey on Experiencing Emotions - You can share how you personally experience emotions
  • Survey on Experiencing Emotions Results - Check out how others feel
  • Types of Emotions
  • Happiness
  • Surprise
  • Disgust
  • Fear
  • Anger
  • Sadness
• Theories of Emotions - The progression from what we used to think about emotions and what the most recent research suggests
  • Theories of Emotions
  • Early Theories of Emotions
  • Schachter's Theory
• What Influences Emotions?
  • Influencing Our Emotions - How and why we feel certain emotions
  • Color & Colour - Color's role in what we feel. Be sure to take our color investigation!
  • Influencing Our Emotions: Family - The root of many emotions
• Effects of Emotions
  • Arousal and Performance
  • Effects of Emotions On Health
  • Effects of Emotions on Thoughts and Perceptions
  • Effects of Emotions on Behavior
• Dealing with Emotions
  • Dealing With Emotions - What it means and why it is necessary
  • What You Can Do - Practical suggestions to help you deal with your emotions
  • A Quick Checklist to Deal with Intense Emotions - Easy things you can do!
  • What Is Your Emotional Intelligence? - Not just another IQ test
  • Dealing with Emotions: An Alternative Approach: Polarity Therapy - A popular alternative to dealing with emotions
  • Dealing with Emotions: An Alternative Approach: Aura Soma - Another option!
  • Dealing with Emotions: An Alternative Approach: Directed Pressure Point Technique - Learn about this alternative technique.
• Bibliography
  • References: Emotion Section

Stress

• What is Stress?
  • Stress: Overview - What it's all about
  • So, What is Stress? - Find out here!
• Good Stress vs. Bad Stress
  • Good Stress / Bad Stress: Distress - The kind you don't want, but we all get!
  • Good Stress / Bad Stress: Eustress - Times when stress is good for you
• What makes us stressed?
  • Stressors - Not just homework!
• Factors influencing stress
  • Factors that Influence the Severity of Stress
  • Characteristics of the Stressor - How many "life change units" have impacted you today?
  • Your Perception of the Stressor: Self Concept - It's all about me!
  • Your Perception of the Stressor: Body Stress Tolerance & Age - Other factors influencing stress
  • Your Perception of the Stressor: External Sources - One final factor influencing your stress level
• Reacting to Stress
  • Response to Stress - The short term effects of distress
  • Physical Stress Response - When it's time to fight or flight, how do you react?
  • Psychological Response - What stress does up in your head
• Effects of Stress
  • Impact of Stress - Long term effects of stress
  • Impact of Stress Diagram - See how it all fits together
  • Physiology & Health - How we deal with our physical stress response
  • Cognition - Mind games stress can play!
  • Emotions - Your emotions want attention!
  • Behavior - Your behavior as a result of stress
• Stress Reduction
  • Body-Brain Boosters: Help in Managing Distress - Stress management
  • Body-Brain Boosters: Gaining Control of the Stressor - Techniques to stay in charge
  • Body-Brain Boosters: Attitude - Having the right attitude can make a difference
  • Body-Brain Boosters: Unclogging Your System - Relieving stress with laughter
  • Stress Buster Checklist - Practical ways you can reduce your stress level
  • Stress - Response Diagram - Review our stress section in chart form
• Bibliography
  • References: Stress Section

Laughter

• Laughter & Humor
• What is Laughter? - More than just a response to humor
• What is Humor? - Healthy vs. unhealthy humor
• Why do we laugh?
  • Why do we laugh? - A universal mystery
  • The Superiority Theory - Punishing others with laughter
  • The Incongruity Theory - Something just doesn't belong
  • Freud and the Relief Theory - Laughing at forbidden thoughts
  • More Recent Theories - Our social glue
  • Laughter and the Brain - What goes on in the brain
• Healing with Laughter
  • Healing Laughter - How laughter makes us feel good
  • Humor and our Psychology - Humor is hazardous to your illness!
• What makes me laugh?
  • What's so funny? Incongruity Theory & Detachment - What makes us laugh?
  • What's so funny: Relief - Helping us to cope
  • Getting It - Finding something funny
  • Getting It: Gender Influences - Battle of the sexes!
  • Getting It: Age Influences - How our sense of humor matures
  • Getting It: Influences of Emotions - Emotions strike again!
  • Getting It: Culture and Community Influences - Funny in one place, but not in another
  • Applying Tom Veatch's Theory - Why we don't get jokes
• Laughter in your Life
  • Telling a Joke - Find out how!
  • Interview with Jeremy Hotz - Learn from a master!
  • Laughter is Catchy! - Have you caught it?
  • Laughter Therapy: The Benefits of Laughter are No Joke! - Healing with laughter and learn from Patch Adams
  • Laughter Therapy in Action: Clowns - Clowning around!
  • Punchlines for Life - Can you take a punch?
  • Humor Enhancers - Simple ways to add humor into your life
• Bibliography
  • References: Laughter Section

Interactive Fun

• Measure your Stress Level
  • Stressed Out? Find Out! - Take our interactive survey to find your stress level
• Relieve your Stress!
  • Stress Busters - Conquer your stress! Take a relaxing trip through your body, enjoy beautiful photographs and music, and release your frustrations by distorting others!
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• Time to Laugh!
  • Laughter Therapy - Laugh out loud to good health with these jokes!
  • Daily Funny - A new laugh every day!
  • Short Jokes
  • School Jokes
  • Punny Funnies
  • Funny Signs
  • Technology Jokes
  • Animal Jokes
  • Sports Jokes
  • Thought Provoking Jokes
  • Miscellaneous Jokes
• Our Joke Contest
  • Joke Contest - Vote for your favorite joke!
  • Winners of our Joke Contest - The winning jokes
  • Add a Joke / Enter our Joke Contest - Don't forget to send us your jokes!
  • Jokes From Around the World - User Submitted Jokes - Find out what people from around the world laugh at
• Send Greeting Cards
  • Send a Greeting Card - Share the joy with your friends by sending them greeting cards!
• Bibliography
  • References

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About Us

• Student Members: - Meet the students who created this site!
  • Jason Anderson - from San Diego, CA, USA
  • Lorien - from Cape Town, South Africa
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• Our Coaches: - The coaches who helped guide us!
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    • Kerry's Garden - See Kerry's beautiful backyard
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