What are the different categories of emotion?

Question

It is part of an essay for philosophy of education.

Answer 1

Primary and secondary emotion

Primary emotions (i.e., innate emotions, such as fear) "depend on limbic system circuitry," with the amygdala and anterior cingulate gyrus being "key players".

* Smell carries directly to limbic areas of the mammalian brain via nerves running from the olfactory bulbs to the septum, amygdala, and hippocampus. In the acquatic brain, olfaction was critical for detecting food, foes, and mates from a distance in murky waters.

* An emotional feeling, like an aroma, has a volatile or "thin-skinned" quality because sensory cells lie on the exposed exterior of the olfactory epithelium (i.e., on the bodily surface itself).

* A sudden scent, like a whiff of smelling salts, may jolt the mind. The force of a mood is reminiscent of a smell's intensity (e.g., soft and gentle, pungent, or overpowering), and similarly permeates and fades as well. The design of emotion cues, in tandem with the forebrain's olfactory prehistory, suggests that the sense of smell is the neurological model for our emotions.

Secondary emotions (i.e., feelings attached to objects [e.g., to dental drills], events, and situations through learning) require additional input, based largely on memory, from the prefrontal and somatosensory cortices. The stimulus may still be processed directly via the amygdala but is now also analyzed in the thought process. Thoughts and emotions are interwoven: every thought, however bland, almost always carries with it some emotional undertone, however subtle.

Positive and negative perception

Like aromas, emotions are experienced as either positive or negative, pleasant or unpleasant; emotions do not seem to be neutral. Like odors, feelings come and go, defy logic, and clearly show upon our face in mood signs. It is likely that many emotions evolved from aroma paleocircuits a. in subcortical nuclei (e.g., the paleocortex of the amygdala), and b. in layers of nerve cells within the forebrain's outer covering of neocortex. The latter's stratified architecture resembles that of the olfactory bulb, which is organized in layers as well.

Answer 2

Real and illusory?

Bad and good??

Heavy and light??

Valuable and not valuable??

Harmful and good-ful??

Evil and Godly??

Your qu made me think, and the only proper answer I believe must be that emotions are all real, but many do not further equip one to good/precious moments. Some emotions predicate evil actions. Not good.

Also there seems to be a continuum - from grossly depraved at one end (extreme hatred and homicidal feelings) to angelic ecstacy and dleight at the other. Make the categories along the continuum, dividing it up into 4 or 5 'slices'.

Answer 3

In truth there are only two, love or fear. We are more comfortable giving fear other names like anger, disgust or hatred because we are uncomfortable admitting that we are afraid.

This may not help you much on your essay, but if you pay attention in your life you will see that it is true.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 4

I agree with Don H , love and fear are the basic ones and all the rest derive from them. The Bach flower remedies help you heal any emotional imbalance.Check this link:

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Answer 5

Maybe our emotions can be categorized as the feelings on our tongue: Sour, bitter, sweet, salty:)

However, maybe you've heard before, potatoes cannot be categorized as one of the above, they are the fifth taste. So maybe potatoe stands for times when you don't know how you feel:)

Answer 6

breeze, passion, emotion. However this classification will not necessarily win you an A in your test