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The concept of emotion is applicable to all evolutionary levels and applies to all animals as well as humans.
Emotions have an evolutionary history and have evolved various forms of expression in di erent species.
acceptance
tolerance
timidity apprehension
trust
admiration elation extasy fright terror
Dispite di erent forms of expression of emotions in di erent species, there are certain common elements, or prototype patterns, that can be identi ed.
joy
attentiveness expectancy
fear
dismay
panic uncertainty
All other emotions are mixed or derivative states; that is, they occur as combinations, mixtures, or compounds of the primary emotions.
anticipation
curiosity
surprise
distraction
7 HYPOTHETICAL CONSTRUCTS
Primary emotions are hypothetical constructs or idealized states whose properties and characteristics can only be inferred from various kinds of evidence.
interest
fury rage
OPPOSITES
anger
hostility annoyance
sadness
dejection
9 SIMILARITY 10 INTENSITY
disgust
aversion dislike boredom
gloominess pensiveness
Survival Issues
Organisms at all evolutionary levels face certain common functional survival problems .
PRIMARY DYADS
joy trust
OPPOSITES
joy sadness
STIMULUS EVENT gain of valued object member of ones group threat unexpected event loss of valued object unpalatable object obstacle new territory
COGNITE APPRAISAL possess friend danger what is it? abandonment poison enemy examine
SUBJECTIVE REACTION
joy
BEHAVIORAL REACTION retain or repeat groom escape stop cry vomit attack map
FUNCTION gain resources mutual support safety gain time to orient reattach to lost object eject poison destroy obstacle knowledge of territory
love
trust fear trust
guilt
surprise
delight
trust sadness
con ict
trust disgust
trust fear
submission
fear surprise
curiosity
fear sadness
sentimentality
fear disgust
con ict
fear anger
alarm
surprise sadness
despair
surprise disgust
shame
surprise anger
con ict
surprise
anticipation
surprise
disappointment
sadness disgust sadness
?
anger
outrage
sadness
anticipation
con ict
sadness
remorse
disgust anger
envy
disgust
anticipation
pessimism
disgust joy
disgust
contempt
anger
anticipation
cynism
anger joy
morbidness
anger trust
anger
aggression
anticipation
pride
anticipation
dominance
trust
anticipation
joy
fear
anticipation
optimism
fatalism
anxiety
Scienti c Basis
Theories of Emotions: Psychoanalytic Theories Brain Function Theories Current Cognitive and Evolutionary Theories Early Behavioristic and Arousal Theories Major Traditions in the Study of Emotions
Sandor Rado
Paul Ekman
Paul D. MacLean George Mandler Karl H. Pribram Charles Brenner Joseph De Rivera Edward C. Tolman
Stanley S. Schachter
J. R. Millenson
Robert Leeper
Richard S. Lazarus
Marion A. Wenger
J. A. R. A. M. van Hoo
H. R. Conte
J. W. Papez
M. Sherman
Carrol E. Izard
Harold Schlosberg
Sylvan S. Tomkins
Charles Darwin
John B. Watson
William James
Walter B. Cannon
Burrhus F. Skinner
Siegmund Freud
Based on the Book EMOTION: A Psychoevolutionary Synthesis by Robert Plutchik; Harper & Row, Publishers (1980)
Visualization by Markus Drews, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany, February 2007