According to different authors, these are the types of emotions that exist. Get to know them and learn to manage them.
The Royal Spanish Academy provides 2 definitions of the word emotion in its :
- Intense and temporary mood alteration, pleasant or painful, that is accompanied by a certain somatic shock.
- Interest, generally expectant, with which one participates in something that is happening.
For its part, the platform explains that “emotions are psychophysiological reactions that represent modes of adaptation to certain stimuli of the individual when he perceives an object, a person, a place, an event or an important memory.”
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What types of emotions exist?
Depending on the author, basic emotions are classified in different ways. For example, Pal Ekman established the following 6 basic emotions, after studying the facial expressions of a tribe in Papua New Guinea:
- Gonna.
- Happiness.
- Disgust.
- Sadness.
- Surprise.
- Fear.
Following this order of ideas, Daniel Goleman also proposes the same 6 basic emotions as Ekman. However, for this theorist there are also secondary ones such as jealousy, but these depend on each person.
For his part, psychologist Robert Pluchik proposes 8 types of basic emotions, which, according to him, are fundamental for human survival:
- Acceptance.
- Happiness.
- Hope.
- Dislike.
- Sadness.
- Fear.
- Surprise.
- Gonna.
But in addition to the basic ones, for Pluchik there are some advanced ones that are:
- Scare
- Remorse
- Love
- Disappointment
- treachery
- Submission
- Contempt
- Optimism
How to manage them?
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