Jealousy what is it an emotion?????

Question

What is Jealousy? I know what it is..but what are the traits (if that is a correct word) of being jealous.
Is it an emotion?
What is it in the brain (If you know what I mean?)

Answer 1

Jealousy is not an emotion of itself, it is a response to a situation that generates feelings of disappointment, attachment, and need.
None of these are emotions either...they are feelings.

In advanced beings such feelings that are not attached to real emotions are normally regarded as immature because they do not stand up to rigorous examination in any psychological or aesthetic sense.

So...no! Jealousy is not an emotion. It is a reaction.

Answer 2

Jealousy is an emotion experienced by one who perceives that another person is giving something that s/he wants (typically attention, love, or affection) to a third party. For example, a child will likely become jealous when her parent gives sweets to a sibling but not to her. While the child's jealousy might be assuaged if she also received candy from the parent, such is typically not the case for a jealous lover, who wants the beloved to give some kinds of attention exclusively to him

Answer 3

Jealousy is an emotion experienced by one who perceives that another person is giving something that s/he wants (typically attention, love, or affection) to a third party. For example, a child will likely become jealous when her parent gives sweets to a sibling but not to her. While the child's jealousy might be assuaged if she also received candy from the parent, such is typically not the case for a jealous lover, who wants the beloved to give some kinds of attention exclusively to him.

Answer 4

State of mind which causes emotion. Being jealous is not being content with what you have so it can cause feelings of low self-esteem, animosity toward someone who has more, etc. Jealousy is more like a reactionary behavior which causes certain emotions.

Answer 5

An emotion....the "result" of something felt. Same as anger, joy, and sadness.
Emotions are how we "express to the world" what our judgment is, based on the information that we just took in.
Our brains form of communication...just like talking.

Answer 6

Why is everyone saying insecurity?? You can be jealous and not be insecure. Think about a person who you don't know that well. Same "everything" as you. Social status, hair color, sex, race, religion, everything. Your totally indifferent toward him. You really want this car. He gets it. You’re jealous. It’s an animal instinct born from competition, not insecurity. You are Jealous only when someone has something that you are trying to get at that particular time. Envy is born from insecurity.

Answer 7

Jealousy is a powerful emotion arousing from insecurity. It is mostly a destructive thing but can sometimes remind us what we care about or what we hope to achieve.

Answer 8

A lot of people call it an emotion. But I think jealousy is more than that.
It's made of:
- anger, because thinking you've been betrayed and/or it's not fair;
- fright, because you think you can't control losing something
- sadness, because you represent yourself that you've lost something that you had or that you deserve. So, there's a lot of thinking there too.

Answer 9

Jealousy is an emotion born of insecurity.

Answer 10

Christian or not, jealousy isn't a healthful physique of strategies. in the adventure that your god ( or judgment of right and incorrect ) discourages you, do not you think of this is a incorrect emotion ? you have already responded your guy or woman question, IMO.