First, I'd like to define human emotions as:
A strong feeling, aroused mental state, or intense state of drive or unrest, which may be directed toward a definite object and is evidenced in both behavior and in psychological changes, with accompanying autonomic nervous system manifestations.
The physical form of emotion may be outward and evident to others, as in crying, laughing, blushing, or a variety of facial expressions. However, emotion is not always reflected in one's appearance and actions even though psychic changes are taking place.
There is this common misconception that when emotion is being mentioned one will think of affection… “Affection” is simply a type of “emotion”.
Truth is if we want to talk about all the types of emotions it'll really take much time just bear with us as we manage the time we have
The Basic Types of Emotions and Their Effect on Human Behavior
The word 'emotion' encompasses a broad range of feelings, behavior and changes in the body and mind.
professor and psychologist, Robert Plutchik listed the basic or main types of emotions as follows:
joy
trust
fear
surprise
sadness
disgust
anger
anticipation
These, he said, can be classified as primary, secondary and tertiary emotions.
Along with the primary emotions, we also experience secondary emotions which are a direct reaction of the primary emotions. For instance, a person may feel ashamed or guilty after experiencing the primary emotion of fear.
Plutchik also stated that humans experience not only primary and secondary emotions, but tertiary emotions as well.
For example:
Fear is a response to impending danger. It is a survival mechanism that is a reaction to some negative stimulus. It may be a mild caution or an extreme phobia. If the fear is trivial, it is called "trifling fear" or if the danger seems formidable it is a "serious fear".
