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Emotions: A Primer
Basic emotions like anger, surprise, disgust, joy, fear and sadness are thought to be universal, and a naturally-occuring reflexive response to a given situation, event or circumstance.
New studies show that human emotions are far more nuanced, and just like primary colors produce thousands more, our emotions are subjective, diverse and as many as all the possible human experiences.
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The Good Side Of Having Emotions
Emotions help us stay on our path, and also maintain our social bonds. They serve as social signals to others, as the basic emotions are visible on our faces, at least for the majority of us.
Emotions also act as gatekeepers (guilt and shame, for example) that signal us re...
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Kinds Of Emotions
- In Psychology, emotions can be either the result of an experience of a situation, or a certain perception of changes that occur within our bodies.
- There are higher emotions like self-awareness, self-consciousness, and an increased sense of empathy or compassion for others. ...
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Reasons We Experience Emotions
Emotions are a basic response to change, both internal and external, sometimes simultaneously. While our mood lasts for hours or even days, emotions are fleeting, like waves.
Emotions are a spontaneous, motivating agent of change, making us act in our most natural,...
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In the 1960s, researchers started to study facial expressions that matched six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust.
Some researchers now say there are fewer than six basic emotions, and others say there are more (up to 21). But the idea remains that
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When you're building out your solution and setting up your marketing, think about what emotional values your customers are chasing. Then make them feel it.
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Human Emotions
An emotion is an objective state that exhibits itself in many ways like behavior, facial expression, heart rate, blood pressure, and stress-hormone levels. Broadly speaking, we know that there are a limited number of discrete human emotions, mainly joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, ha...
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