Emotion theories

One can Emotion theories roughly in two classes divide. On the one hand there are those dimensional of assumes itself the emotions out existing Basis emotions build up. These are emotions, not further to other emotions to be attributed can and/or. Emotions, of which all different - more complex - consist emotions.

Lothar Schmidt Atzert accomplished in addition an investigation, with which the test subject was requested to estimate in a list the similarity of terms. Then the terms with the largest similarity were formed to groups and defined as basis emotions.

Plutchik extracted finally eight basis emotions, which could be differently strongly minted still in each case in their intensity and were circularly arranged, so that the developed picture resembles a halved orange. In the ring the emotions were arranged in such a way that similar emotions were thereby as near as possible together and dissimilar emotions were far from each other. Plutchik called emotions, which consisted of two emotions directly neighbouring in this ring, primary dyads (also Primary emotions called), such from a composition of emotions developed, with which an emotion was between them as secondary dyads and such with those two emotions between them lay as tertriaere dyads - the two latter types became also Secondary emotions called. Here were those tertiary dyads more complex emotions than those secondary dyads, which again more complex than primary dyads were, which again more complex than those Basis emotions were. Emotions, which consisted of emotions from opposite ranges, were finally so different that their effect waived itself again.

These eight (and/or sieve) Basis emotions are

• Fear
• Annoyance
• Joy
• Sadness
• Accepting/confidence
• Disgust
• Surprise

They have themselves (after Plutchik) out contexts develops. In particular also an action impulse was concatenated - with fear for instance an escape tendency with each emotion.

The theory that Basis emotions pushed frequently up Criticism, since of different researchers not always the same basis emotions - in particular not even the same Number by basis emotions - to be found could. Thus one assumed that such empirical width in the results not on a fundamental Konstrukt, as that of the basis emotions to be led back can. Other voices moved against it and meant that the designation of the basis emotions can be perhaps quite different, which the individual researchers by it understood, probably the same to be however concrete could. This nothing changes nevertheless in the fact that these basis emotions can actually exist - although sound vouchers for it so far are missing.

Two-component theory

Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer developed those Two-component theory the emotion such as annoyance or joy:

According to this theory one can split emotional behavior up into chain of individual components: The social Situation, those , Behavior therapy, , Emotion work, William James, Walter Cannon

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