Contrasting and Categorization of Emotions - Contrasting Basic Emotions

Contrasting Basic Emotions

The following table identifies and contrasts the fundamental emotions according to a set of definite criteria. The three key criteria used include: 1) mental experiences that have a strongly motivating subjective quality like pleasure or pain; 2) mental experiences that are in response to some event or object that is either real or imagined; 3) mental experiences that motivate particular kinds of behaviour. The combination of these attributes distinguish the emotions from sensations, feelings and moods.

Kind of emotion Positive emotions Negative emotions
Emotions related to object properties Interest, curiosity Alarm, panic
Attraction, desire, admiration Aversion, disgust, revulsion
Surprise, amusement Indifference, familiarity, habituation
Future appraisal emotions Hope Fear
Event related emotions Gratitude, thankfulness Anger, rage
Joy, elation, triumph, jubilation Sorrow, grief
Relief Frustration, disappointment
Self-appraisal emotions Pride in achievement, self-confidence, sociability Embarrassment, shame, guilt, remorse
Social emotions Generosity Avarice, greed, miserliness, envy, jealousy
Sympathy Cruelty
Cathected emotions Love Hate

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