Friday, July 29, 2005

Primary Emotions (revisited)

Much debate ensued after my previous post on primary emotions. I was asked lots of questions about defining primary emotions and the distinction between primary and secondary emotions. Which felt good because I was glad people reading the blog were engaged. But on the other hand, I didn't have the answer to any of the questions, mostly because it is such a nebulous area of research.

Ultimately, the best explanation was on a site Macklaine found:
http://www.personalityresearch.org/basicemotions/plutchik.html

I'm lucky to have friends like Macklaine who can teach me about what I'm talking about.

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