I have some ridiculous questions to ask. Has anyone done any real research on this? You have to admit you may not even know about particular emotions or even emotional combinations, let alone experiencing them.
2007-11-17 07:59:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes. But, no list is ever complete because emoticons are like mini-art. You can probably do combinatorics to determine the total possible combinations of emoticons for a given character length. But, not that I would consider *<)::n|)>--- a good emoticon (bearded alien with a fluff-ball-pointy-hat), who's to say what's an emoticon or not?
Certainly there's a limited set of emoticons that are common amongst people, but what that set is depends on which people. Wiki has a list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons , and Yahoo! also has some lists that they treat as special with their messenger: http://messenger.yahoo.com/emoticons.php , and http://messenger.yahoo.com/hiddenemoticons.php give you a particular set of widely used emoticons.
2007-11-17 08:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by the dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We experience, and we have bunches of ways of talking about those experiences.
A subset, or aspect of all that experience we call 'emotion.' There are a lot of ways of talking about our emotions, and a lot of different words we use to represent them.
Some of them are more general terms; others specific. For instance, fear is a general term; 'terror' is a subset, which refers to extremely strong fear. Many words have more than one meaning, such as 'pride' that we feel when someone we're close to does some big thing; or silly pride, such as being proud of one's hair, which hasn't anything to do with anything.
Different languages have different sets of words and different ways of dividing all these experiences into specific emotions.
There are also folk expressions that reference this or that subset of emotions, that are used in only some cultures, sub-cultures, or regions. Individuals vary in what they would call this or that feeling.
No, there's really no definitive list that's exhaustive, exclusive, and universally accepted.
Emotions aren't THINGS, like rocks; the language of emotion helps us communicate about these abstract aspects of our experience.
Yes, there's been a lot of research regarding emotions, and there may be people who claim to have a definitive list, but they're deluding themselves, and are misunderstanding the nature of both emotion and language.
2007-11-17 13:03:25 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Buddhist teachings called "abhidharma," there are 11 positive qualities of mind, and also 6 root negative emotions and 20 additional proximal negative emotions. There are three basic emotions of passion, aggression, and ignorance from which the the many emotions derive. Think of the three ways you can relate to an object or person. You can try to draw it toward you if you feel passion, push it away if it angers you, or ignore it if you are indifferent. Those are the three basic emotions of passion, aggression, and ignorance.
2007-11-17 08:15:48 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. WD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am either angry, happy or hungry.
If I haven't eaten, I'm mad, and after I eat I'm happy.
I have put on a lot of weight recently, and don't know why.
2007-11-17 08:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure but that is not a rediculas question. i have been wondering the same thing.
2007-11-17 08:02:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋