- In their book “Discovering Psychology,” authors Don Hockenbury and Sandra E. Hockenbury suggest that emotion is a complex psychological state that involves three distinct components:
- Subjective experience: Two people can be angry in two different ways in the same situation.
- Physiological response: Sweating, increase in heartbeats,
- Behavioural or expressive response: screaming, freezing, laughing.
Types of Emotions
Psychologist Paul Ekman suggested that six basic emotions are universal throughout human cultures:
- Fear
- Disgust
- Anger
- Surprise
- Happiness and
- Sadness.
But many other emotions can be divided into positive or negative.
Positive emotions include
- Confidence
- Calmness
- Poise
- Enthusiasm
- Exhilaration
- Contentment
Negative emotions include
- Depression
- Frustration
- Anxiety
Paul Ekman expanded his list to include several other basic emotions, including embarrassment, excitement, contempt, shame, pride, satisfaction, and amusement.
