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Basic Emotion Questions
Abstract
Among discrete emotions, basic emotions are the most elemental; most distinct; most continuous across species, time, and place; and most intimately related to survival-critical functions. For an emotion to be afforded basic emotion status it must meet criteria of: (a) distinctness (primarily in behavioral and physiological characteristics), (b) hard-wiredness (circuitry built into the nervous system), and (c) functionality (provides a generalized solution to a particular survival-relevant challenge or opportunity). A set of six emotions that most clearly meet these criteria (enjoyment, anger, disgust, fear, surprise, sadness) and three additional emotions (relief/contentment, interest, love) for which the evidence is not yet quite as strong is described. Empirical approaches that are most and least useful for establishing basic-emotion status are discussed. Basic emotions are thought to have a central organizing mechanism and to have the capacity to influence behavior, thoughts, and other fundamental processes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Levenson, R. W.
- Venue
- Emotion Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-09-20
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 379-386
- ISSN
- 1754-0739 (ISSN-L)
- 1754-0747
- OpenAlex
- W2161040676
- Cited by
- 294
- References
- 15
- FWCI
- 16.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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