Behavior that expresses a subjectively experienced emotion. Affect is responsive to changing emotional states, whereas mood refers to a pervasive and sustained emotion. Common affects are euphoria, anger, and sadness. Some types of disturbance of affect are the following: a) Blunted: Severe reduction in the intensity of affective expression. b) Flat: Absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression; flat affect often manifests as a monotonous voice and an immobile face. c) Inappropriate: Affective expression that is discordant with the content of the person’s speech or ideation. d) Labile: Abnormal variability, with repeated, rapid, and abrupt shifts in affective expression. e) Restricted or constricted: Reduction in the expressive range and intensity of affects.
Subjective experience of emotion accompanying an idea or mental representation. The word affect is often used loosely as a generic term for feeling, emotion, or mood. Affect and emotion are commonly used inter- changeably.
Priorities, predispositions, and values. Influences cognition and performance.
Outward display on the face.
A wave of emotion or the emotion associated with a particular idea.
In psychology, the emotional reaction associated with an experience.
A term employed to depict an individual’s emotional state. The two utmost variations of affect encompass exultation and desolation. An individual encountering intense fluctuations or shifts in their emotional state might exhibit indications of an affective disorder. Superficial or diminished affect, characterized by the absence of emotional responsiveness to stimuli, could potentially indicate the presence of schizophrenia or an organic brain syndrome.