Is there a causal link between emotions, feelings and behaviour?

[UdayGupta13]

Many scientists link emotions with outward behavior whereas I prefer to link emotions with feelings and thought processes. I’m uncomfortable with the emotions – behavior link because it infers a kind of causal relationship, happening at an unconscious level. The focus is on what people do rather than how they feel. Under this umbrella, Sam’s teacher, Jo says, “Sam gets violent when he’s angry.” Subsequently Jo and Sam have to work on preventing Sam from getting angry. We call this anger management and one has to actually get angry to see how well it is working. Under the emotions – feelings – thought link, the way Sam thinks about what happens to him can lead to feelings of anger, which can escalate into violent behavior or any number of other behaviors. The focus is now on what people think and feel rather than what they do.

 

[jitenmazee]

Yes it is very obvious thing that there is a link between emotions, feelings and behavior. For example when we feel happy it is shown by our behavior. But sometimes we can not predict it easily like many people can hide their emotions and feelings through their behavior.