There are a number of facets to any emotional experience. If you have ever experienced ext

reme fear, you will recognize that subjective feelings are one part of any emotional experience.

Subjective feelings can be classified in terms of intensity, pleasantness or unpleasantness, and complexity. For example, joy is a simple, pleasant, and intense emotion. Jealousy is a complex, unpleasant emotion that may vary in intensity. Unfortunately, it is difficult to go beyond simple classification of subjective feelings because they are extremely difficult to describe. In one rather bizarre study, women were required to crash snails between their fingers and to describe their emotional reactions. The best they could do was to name their emotions. The second part of any emotional experience consists of emotional expressions. Emotional expressions also affect the voice a marked shift in voice tone or modulation is a familiar emotional expression. Verbal expressions, as well as voice tone, are part of emotional expressions. Verbal expressions of emotion may range from the nonstop abuse of rage to the surprisingly subdued last words found on flight recorders alter air disasters (a common last word is "Damn," spoken calmly).

This passage is mainly concerned with ______.

A．different parts of emotional experience

B．the classification of subjective feelings

C．emotional expressions

D．verbal expressions of emotion