Since the 1960s’, researchers have significantly increased their research on happiness in a countable number of disciplines.Ī new branch of psychology, known as positive psychology, is also introduced in this regard.Įmotions like this are expressed in various ways, some of which are as follows It can be best defined by its basic characters that are the feelings of gladness, enjoyment, fulfillment, and welfare. Happiness is a very pleasant emotional state of mind. One of the most desirous types of emotion that people want more is pleasure or happiness. This will help us to discover the influence of these emotions on our social behavior. To understand this situation we need to have a closer look at these basic emotions. The researchers found that people experience their emotions as an incline instead of being completely different. Previously, the experts believed that there are only a few primary emotions, but the latest study, held in 2017, discovered that there are many more basic emotions.ĭuring this study, researchers, who conducted this study, and the study was published in a journal, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, have claimed to identify 27 different categories of primary emotions. People maintain an emotion chart to understand their emotions better, which helps in their daily life. It becomes more complex, when some mixed emotions make combinations of these more elementary ones.Īs an example, we can say that joy and trust can make a combination to create love.Īlthough love is primarily considered as a choice but in this case it can be considered as an emotion. If we follow this theory, it will result that more primary emotions that can be found or build like a building of blocks. Merging Emotions:Ī psychologist named Robert Plutchik Introduced a wheel that worked liked a color wheel and named it a “wheel of emotions” or ‘ Feelings Wheel‘.Īs we create new shades from mixing different colors, emotions can also be combined to develop new or different feelings. He further added some more emotions to his primary emotions lists, such as pride, shame, embarrassment, and excitement, which makes his list extended to ten primary emotions. He recognized those Primary emotions like happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise, and anger. He said that all human cultures on this earth experience these primary emotions. Paul Eckman, a very well known psychologist from the 1970s’ wrote about the six primary emotions. In this article, we will discuss the primary emotions. There are many different theories that categorize and explain the emotions of people. Learning about the various kinds of emotions that people experience during their lifetime, is a very interesting subject for psychologists. We are sometimes being slaves of our own emotions. At a certain moment, the emotions that we are experiencing are the reasons for our choices, our actions, and our opinions. Sometimes, these emotions even rule our minds. Various emotions affect our behaviors differently. Our living habits and responses to others are influenced by various types of emotions.
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