The beliefs are interpretations of events. Sometimes we feel the wrong emotions because we have false beliefs. However, at other times, emotions are affective feedback about their goals. Pleasant emotions signal that one's desires are met, whereas unpleasant emotions signal the need for adjustment. Another group of pleasures and displeasures are moods .
Typical moods are relaxed, tense, grouchy, annoyed, cheerful, downhearted, or nostalgic.
Moods are more difficult to understand than sensual affects and emotions, and psychologists have struggled for some time to separate moods from emotions. Some psychologists have suggested that emotions are intense experiences whereas moods are mild experiences of pleasure or displeasure. However, one can be a little bit proud, or a little bit disappointed, and somehow we would not characterize these experiences as moods. On the other hand, one can be severely depressed and this intense experience is called a mood disorder. A better distinction between emotions and moods seems to be that emotions are specific experiences about something whereas moods are less specific and not about something particular.