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This is precisely what I"m not understanding: how is intensity of valence different from intensity of arousal.
In other words, can I feel intensely ambivalent? If so, then I see why they claim >1 dimension. If not, I don't follow.
Neutral valence, high arousal could be "surprise". If sustained, it's the proverbial "state of cat-like readiness".
I recommend using Google Images ("arousal valence space") to find some pictures, which I think would help your intuition along.
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Emotional regulation Part II: research summary
[Psychologists describe emotions] in terms of a few fundamental dimensions, including valence, arousal, and approach-avoidance.
I didn't know for sure what any of those were, so I read the wikipedia links.
Valence just means positive or negative (in the affective sense). Arousal is just intensity. Approach-avoidance doesn't seem any different than valence (note: the link you gave was to approach-avoidance conflicts). From my read, these aren't 3 dimensions; they're 1 (real valued).
So the pair of emotion-type (discrete? I don't know what types there are) and real-valued-valence seems enough.
Am I mangling this?
"Dimensions" because n real values describe an n-dimensional space.
Semantic labels are a way to describe emotions but would not normally be used in conjunction with dimensional descriptions. Typically you would see a 2D arousal-valence emotional space or a 3D arousal-valence-dominance space. (Dominance is a relatively recent addition needed to distinguish some emotions that occupy the same region of arousal and valence: one such pair is anger and fear, both high-arousal low-valence.)
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Is the journal supposed to be write-only? From the description it sounds so, but I am wondering whether part of the process is supposed to involve reviewing your old entries.