id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-adliterate-com-6286 xxx 23_hochformat4.eps 2007-02-15 1 .pdf application/pdf 590 168 48 „A mixture of any two primary emotions may be called a dyad." „Organisms at all evolutionary levels face certain common functional survival problems ." PSYCHOEVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF BASIC EMOTIONS BASIC EMOTIONS Dispite different forms of expression of emotions in different There is a small number of basic, primary or prototype emotions. All other emotions are mixed or derivative states; that is, the primary emotions. Primary emotions are hypothetical constructs or idealized Primary emotions can be conceptualized in terms of All emotions vary in their degree of similarity to Each emotion can exist in varying degrees of The concept of emotion is applicable to all evolutionary levels and applies to all animals as well as humans. Emotions have an evolutionary history and have evolved Combinations & Opposites Basic Emotions, Similarity, Intensity gain of valued object loss of valued object Theories of Emotions: • Current Cognitive and Evolutionary Theories ./cache/www-adliterate-com-6286.pdf ./txt/www-adliterate-com-6286.txt