Emotion Classification
The means by which we distinguish one emotion from another is a hotly contested issue in emotion research and affective science. This page summarises some of the major theories and the evidence supporting them. The classification of emotions has mainly been researched from two fundamental viewpoints. The first viewpoint is that emotions are discrete and fundamentally different constructs while the second viewpoint asserts that emotions can be characterized on a dimensional basis in groupings.
Read more about Emotion Classification: Emotions As Discrete Categories, Dimensional Models of Emotion, Culturally Specific Emotions, Bibliography
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