BASIC EMOTIONS

Basic Emotions

Basic emotions are regarded as discrete states of experience. Basic emotions are as follow

1. Dislike: It implies antipathy toward something. Dislike is a general word, sometimes connoting an inherent or permanent feeling of antipathy for something to have a dislike for crowds.
2. Anger: This is an emotion related to one’s psychological interpretation of having been offended, wronged or med and a tendency to react through retaliation.
3. Envy: It is best defined as a resentful emotion that “occurs when a person lacks another’s (perceived) superior quality, achievement or possession and wishes that, the other lacked it”.
4. Fear: It is the ability to recognise danger leading to an on front it or flee from it (also known as the flghor41ight response) but in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) a freeze or paralysis response is possible.
5. Distress: Stress for a long time having a negative impact on both, our work life and our personal life is known as distress,
6. Happiness: It is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
7. Affection: The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
8. Surprise: It is a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected event.
9. Sadness: This is emotional pain associated with, or characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, helplessness, sorrow, and rage.
10. Shame: The painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonourable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
11. Sexual Arousal: This (also known as sexual excitement) is the arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity.