Knowra Anger Anger Anger is a strong emotional response involving displeasure, hostility, or opposition, often prompted by perceived wrongdoing, frustration, or threat. It can range from brief irritation to intense rage.
Appraisal theory : A family of theories explaining emotion as arising from evaluations of events and their significance. Anger often follows appraisals that an event is unfair, obstructive, or intentionally harmful.
Emotion : A coordinated response involving subjective experience, bodily changes, thought, and action tendencies. Anger is one kind of emotion, with characteristic appraisals and action tendencies.
Anger management : Strategies and interventions for recognizing anger and responding to it constructively. It targets harmful patterns without requiring that anger itself be denied.
Rage : An exceptionally intense episode of anger that can overwhelm ordinary restraint. Rage is an extreme form of anger, not a synonym for every angry feeling.
Amygdala : A set of brain nuclei involved in processing emotionally significant stimuli, including potential threats. Threat-related signals can recruit the amygdala during anger, though it does not act as an anger center.
Frustration : An unpleasant response to obstruction, failure, or unmet goals. Blocked goals commonly provoke anger, though frustration can occur without hostility.
Cognitive behavioral therapy : A psychotherapy that examines links among thoughts, emotions, and behavior and uses structured techniques to change them. It can help identify interpretations and behaviors that intensify recurring anger.
Resentment : Persistent bitterness about a perceived injury, unfairness, or insult. Resentment tends to endure and revisit a grievance, whereas anger can be brief and immediate.
Sympathetic nervous system : The autonomic branch that prepares the body for rapid action under challenge or stress. Its arousal can support the readiness to confront that often accompanies anger.
Hostility : An antagonistic attitude marked by ill will or opposition toward others. Hostility can accompany anger but may persist as an attitude after an episode ends.
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