Most psychology texts I have seen list 6 primary emotions and love (not the sex drive) is not one of them, Why? The six are: saddness (or depression), fear, anger,surprise, disgust and happiness or joy. Love is also confused with the sex act in the west. Love actually exists; watch a mother with her babe while it is suckling.
2006-11-30 10:14:56 · 13 answers · asked by Mad Mac 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Love can make us feel all of the 6 feelings you listed. I think love is different from lust or obsession. But these 2 feelings can also come into play as well as jealousy. But only slightly. Love is when someone not only gets inside your heart and head but also your soul. I think. I've never been IN love, but I have loved. It's probably not listed because it's way way too complicated. There's different ways to love. The love I have for my mom is different than the love I have for my boyfriend.
2006-11-30 17:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by kori22 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is Love A Primary Emotion
2017-01-20 12:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing supernatural, or superhuman, or metaphysical, or spiritual, or other-worldly about the emotion of love, no more than hate, anger, jealousy, fear, happiness, etc. etc. Do you want to "spiritualize" every human experience and say that they are all supernatural emotional outbursts? Love can also be called mystical love, or just pure love. It is much rarer than the other two types of love. Whereas the love mode of narcissism is directed to oneself, and the love mode of jealousy is directed to another person, love by itself has no object. It is just a flux, just a flow of enchanting emotion to everything. Usually the only time that a person feels such love for any length of time is when the person falls in love with someone. Then the world transforms magically into a wonderland (really the person has fallen in love with the world, rather than with the other person) ; however, soon the magic fades, the mood vanishes and is replaced by the love mode of jealousy – now love is restricted to the other person. When pure love is my current mood, I have the same value as everyone else, so differences in abilities or in character development are unimportant. Uniformity is the rule (this should be separated from conformity, which is characteristic of the self-pity mode of jealousy).
2016-05-23 06:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love lives in the complex, outer shell of the human brain. All mammals have such a cortex, but in humans it has exceptionally developed over time. It is believed that our unique ability to speak, reflect and experience complex feelings such as love is housed there.
The primary emotions are located deeper in the brain, in the parts that we share with other mammals who also seem to experience these feelings. Love could be seen as an interpretation of a blend of some of these primary emotions.
Love also has and evolutionairy use: two parents are more likely to stay together to succesfully raise their offspring if they love each other.
2006-11-30 10:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Jelmer v 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because psychology still refuses the scientific approach that has quantified love for some time now. I, as an ethologist, have no trouble speaking of love. Harry Harlow destroyed behaviorism with his findings on love, and he was a psychologist. Until psychology studies what science has known as real for some time, it will remain social science.
2006-11-30 10:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. It should be, though, because it's real!
Love is a basic dimension of human experience that manifests itself in feelings, emotion, behavior, thoughts, perception and attitude. It influences, underlies and defines major patterns in interpersonal relationships and self-identification.
Love is variously conveyed as a sense of tender affection, an intense attraction, the foundation of intimacy and good interpersonal chemistry[1], willing self-sacrifice on behalf of another, and as an ineffable sense of affinity or connection to nature, other living beings, or even that which is unseen.
The diverse range of meanings associated with the single word 'love' is commonly contrasted with the plurality of Greek words for Love, reflecting the depth, versatility, and complexity of the concept.
This diversity of meanings is further reflected in the many distinct classifications of love including: romantic love; sexual desire; platonic love; religious love; familial love; true love; and the more casual application of the term to anything pleasurable, enjoyable, desirable, or preferred, including activities and favorite foods.
2006-11-30 10:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is an emotion, sex is a physical act. Love makes you attracted, but lust does also.
2006-11-30 10:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by PegSl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to play devil's advocate and say that anyone involved in psychology has the inherent trait of not being able to get laid, so when they finally do get laid, they confuse it with love. I the immortal words of that sexy prostitute: "Me so horny, me love you long time."
but really. . .
Sex seems more of a knee jerk reaction than an emotion.
Let's fight to make "horny" a new emotion!
2006-11-30 10:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because love is an emotional feeling while sex is a physical thing
2006-11-30 10:16:59 · answer #9 · answered by myrtlemarie2001 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sex is a physical manifestation, not an emotion. You cannot emote sex. You cannot express your sex for something or someone.
2006-11-30 10:20:36 · answer #10 · answered by Playerdre 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋