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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Unit 3 - Motivation, Emotion and Learning', 1.
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An emotion is characterized by feelings of pleasantness or unpleasantness (cognitive) accompanied by physiological modifications (physiological), that lead to behavioral reactions (expressive). Emotions have three components: Cognitive, Physiological and Expressive components. Cognitive component are the conscious experience of emotions and the way they are labeled. Six primary emotions are: Anger, Disgust, Fear, Happiness, Sadness and Surprise.
Other emotions are: Contempt, Guilt, Interest, and Shame. According the Plutchik, there are eight other emotion with polar opposites, in whic…

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