The Basic Moods: Positive and Negative Affect
Positive affect: a mood dimension consisting of positive emotions such as excitement, enthusiasm, and elation at the high end (high positive affect) and boredom, depression, and fatigue at the low end (low positive affect)
Negative affect: a mood dimension consisting of nervousness, stress, and anxiety at the high end (high negative affect) and contentedness, calmness, and serenity at the low end (low negative affect)
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Our basic moods carry positive and negative affects; they cannot be neutral. Emotions are grouped into general mood states.