Positive and Negative Emotions

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A benefit associated with the experience of positive emotions is the broaden-and-build theory. This is because when you are sensing positive emotions, it does make you want to continue moving forward. If you are getting good grades in a class, you want to do continue to do well in class. You are persuaded to continue forward, to make things better than they currently are. It opens up your thinking and actions to new possibilities and how it expands can also build physical, psychological and social resources that promote well-being. Some of the benefits associated with the experience of positive emotions are joy, which creates a desire to play and search for new possibilities as well as to express our creative talents. Health is also another benefit. When you experience positive emotions, you help maintain your health. You feel happy and therefore you want to go around and do things that keep you happy. I do think men and women differ with respect to their experience of negative emotions. It seems to be more possible for a woman to experience negative emotions and internalizing disorders, desire depression and anxiety, than men do. Girls go through serious irritability disorders or mood swings between ages 11 and 15, boys don’t seem to have this issue, or at least not as often. Researchers say that it is a possibility that this happens because studies suggest that women have more intense emotional experiences than men do and women seem to be more emotional than
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