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     Before we can understand the different perceptions of emotions we need to define emotions. Emotions are our experience and interpretation of internal sensations as they are shaped by physiological, language, and social experience. Physiological influences on emotions include how we think about emotions. For example, Organismic view of emotions is the theory that external phenomena cause physiological changes that lead us to experience emotions. Perceptual view of emotions asserts that subjective perceptions shape what external phenomena's mean to us. The way we respond to things such as shaking hands, butterflies in our stomach or a fist in the air all depend on what meaning we give that phenomena. The last perception of emotions is the social influences on emotions. When we discuss social influences we must discuss the interactive view of emotions. Interactive view of emotions proposes that social rules and understandings shape what people feel and how they do or do not express their feelings. The perspective that makes the most sense to me is physiological influences. Physiological influences allows a stimulus to be sent to your mind which allow a physiological response to trigger emotion.