Surprise is defined as a sudden emotion that manifests itself from an event that you did not expect. Surprises can be negative, pleasant, or have no evaluation, depending on the context. Surprise derives from the Latin word superprehensus which means "unexpected thing", "catches someone without preparation" and "leaves someone in stupor"
Surprise is studied in psychology as one of the seven universal micro-expressions that humans have. Among them are disgust, anger, fear, sadness, joy, surprise, and contempt.
Surprises also target small situations intended to surprise another person or a group of people, usually in a positive way, such as surprises prepared for the birthday person, surprise for boyfriend, surprise for the wife and the surprises at parties.
Synonyms for surprise are: stupefaction, amazement, ecstasy, amazement, unexpected, admiration, astonishment, or unprepared.
At the moment of surprise, we can become paralyzed, out running, open mouth and eyes, raised eyebrows, pale, depending on the magnitude of the fact and subjectivity itself.
It is common to surprise someone on their birthday, prepare a gift or a secret gift, and simulate that day that no one has remembered the event, end with the display of festivities and the consequent surprise and joy of the honoree, although sometimes it can react negatively. as with those who are routine and would have preferred to be consulted on whether to celebrate or not.
Let us use as an example the case of a woman who, upon arriving home, finds in bed tickets to travel to the Caribbean and a bouquet of flowers with a note from her husband, who greets her on an anniversary. In this case, the surprise generates satisfaction and joy to the surprised person.
In exchange, if a man leaves the office and discovers that his car was stolen, you will experience a negative surprise: the impact of news only cause unpleasant feelings.
Surprise is the shortest of all emotions, it only lasts a few seconds at most. At one point, surprise happens when we discover what is happening, and then we join another emotion, be it fear, amusement, relief, anger or disgust, depending on what the object or context was that surprised us.