mood

Examples of mood in the following topics:

• Moods

• Moods in Dependent Clauses

• Verb Mood: Indicative, Subjunctive, and Imperative

  • In English, mood is a little different.
  • In English, the indicative mood is the most commonly used.
  • The subjunctive mood is not commonly used in English.
  • [Main clause "I wish" is factual and in indicative mood; dependent clause "Paul would eat" is hypothetical and in subjunctive mood.]
  • [Main clause "I suggest" is factual and in indicative mood; dependent clause "we wait until" is hypothetical and in subjunctive mood.]

• How Emotion and Mood Influence Behavior

  • Emotions and mood can affect temperament, personality, disposition, and motivation.
  • Emotions and mood can cloud judgment and reduce rationality in decision-making.
  • All moods can affect judgment, perception, and physical and emotional well-being.
  • In contrast, a positive mood can enhance creativity and problem solving.
  • Job satisfaction can affect a person's mood and emotional state.

• Explaining Mood Disorders

  • Mood disorders are psychological disorders characterized by dysfunctional moods, including depression, bipolar, dysthymia, and cyclothymia.
  • Mood disorders (also called affective disorders) characterize a group of psychological disorders where disturbance in the person's mood is thought to be the main underlying feature.
  • While everyone experiences negative mood at some point in their lives, mood disorders affect an individual's capacity to function in daily life.
  • Usually, moods are normal in between the "highs" and "lows".
  • Mood disorders may also be an evolutionary adaptation: a low or depressed mood can increase an individual's ability to cope with situations in which the effort to pursue a major goal could result in danger, loss, or wasted effort.

• Bipolar Disorders

  • Bipolar disorders are debilitating mood disorders characterized by periods of mania/hypomania and periods of depression.
  • Bipolar disorder (commonly referred to as manic-depression) is a mood disorder characterized by periods of elevated mood and periods of depression.
  • A psychiatric mood disorder in children, it is characterized by persistently irritable or angry mood with recurrent, severe temper outbursts.
  • These neurotransmitters are important regulators of the bodily functions that are disrupted in mood disorders, including appetite, sex drive, sleep, arousal, and mood.
  • Bipolar disorder is often treated with mood-stabilizing medications and psychotherapy.

• Introduction to Verbs: Tense, Aspect, and Mood

  • All verbs have tense, aspect, and mood, of which there is a wide variety of combinations.
  • Verb mood is to the "attitude" of the verb.
  • Mood can be expressed in any verb tense. 
  • The three main moods used in English are indicative, subjunctive, imperative.
  • The subjunctive mood is for hypothetical situations, emotions, or making requests.

• Depressive Disorders

  • Clinical depression is characterized by pervasive and persistent low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and a loss of interest.
  • Major depressive disorder (also called major depression and clinical depression) is a mood disorder characterized by a pervasive and persistent low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and by a loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.
  • One of the symptoms must either be a depressed mood or an inability to experience pleasure in activities that were formerly enjoyed.
  • Antidepressants (usually SSRIs) have been shown to cause significant improvement in the mood of those with very severe depression.
  • Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) is a psychiatric disorder in children, characterized by persistently irritable or angry mood with recurrent, severe temper outbursts.

• Defining Emotion

  • The words emotion and mood are sometimes used interchangeably, but in the field of psychology theyr efer to two different things.
  • Mood, on the other hand, refers to a prolonged, less intense affective state that does not necessarily occur in response to something we experience.
  • Unlike emotions, mood states may not be consciously recognized (Beedie, Terry, Lane, & Devonport, 2011).
  • Both the amygdala and the hippocampus play a role in normal emotional processing as well as in mood and anxiety disorders.

• Introduction to Major Keys and Scales

  • How are these moods produced?
  • The "bright"-sounding major chords and the strong feeling of tonality are what give major keys their happy, pleasant moods.
  • This contrasts with the moods usually suggested by music that uses minor keys, scales, and chords.