O irytacji bez irytacji
About irritation without irritation

Summary/Abstract: Emotions of different signs—both positive and negative—are not at all something strange or abnormal, on the contrary—they are important and necessary in our lives. What is more, every day we experience emotions, under which we make decisions, we act in one way or another. The author of the article tries to analyze the category of “irritation”. Annoyance is an emotion of exceptional public importance, hence the considerations presented in the text refer to the achievements of the social sciences (psychology, sociology). The text has a review character. The basic classifications of emotions, functioning in the literature, have been presented in the text, and on this background, the emotion of annoyance (often referred to as anger or wrath) has been located. The paper presents also the causes and mechanisms of irritation appearance. The attention has been also drawn to the course of this emotion and its social functions.

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