Those are emotions . An example of cognitive state switching as observed on others:

I went to a harbor master to pay for my berth.

1. First state is social, we had a quick chat.

2. Then he went to enter my details into a computer, which is a more focused task oriented state.

3. Then we had a chat again, a more social state.

So there were 2 cognitive states switching, a social, a task oriented and then another social one.