PERSONAL SYNTHESIS

Excitement and emotion: excitement refers to the quantity or intensity of our affective experience, while emotion refers to its quality. This is why we have a variety of emotions (joy, anger, fear, etc.) but not of excitement. Although these two usually appear together, some emotions can be experienced without excitement (e.g. sadness, contentment), and excitement can be experienced without a specific emotion (e.g. sexual excitement is not always accompanied by an emotion)... A psychology 'one-stop-shop' brings together all topics that play a vital role in our everyday lives, from self-awareness to relationships.