SURPRISEThe definition of surprise is the feeling caused by something unexpected or unusual. The astonishing fact about this emotion unlike anger, happiness or love, is that surprise is a neutral emotion which means is neither positive nor negative, but after the emotion happens then it shifts towards another emotion for example. When someone surprises you with a surprise party your feelings go from surprised too happy. That is an example of when it goes from a neutral emotion, to a positive emotion such as happiness. On the other hand, if you are walking on the valley, and someone walks right behind you with a gun asking for your money, you will be surprised then sad, or scared. That’s when the surprise can turn into a negative emotion. When I think about surprise, I believe that’s a brain response to catch up to what is going on and then react. Some people have a response rate higher than others or are just conditioned to respond a certain way. Interestingly enough, when I checked psychology today to find out more information about surprise this is what they have mentioned. “Surprise is the neuropsychological equivalent of a pause button. It makes us stop what we're doing, hijacks our attention, and forces us to pay attention. It also intensifies our emotions by about 400 percent. Every surprise, big or small, activates the brain's surprise sequence: freeze, find, shift, share.” Therefore, my theory was pretty spot on. The video below just shows examples of families being surprised by family members returning home from action.
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ExperienceSurprises are unexpected and the experience is supposed to be a shock. The signaling of real surprise is universal. Your eyes will widen, you might gasp. and some sort of sudden movement either fight or flight. If you were surprised by a party jumping, or running the other direction. could happen.
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