Robert Plutchikย (21 October 1927 โ 29 April 2006) was professor emeritus at theย Albert Einstein College of Medicineย and adjunct professor at theย University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. fromย Columbia Universityย and he was also aย psychologist. He authored or coauthored more than 260 articles, 45 chapters and eight books and edited seven books. His research interests included the study ofย emotions, the study ofย suicideย andย violence, and the study of theย psychotherapyย process.
According to my today’s prompt , I’ll definitely focus on his theory of emotions.ย He considered there to be eight primary emotionsโanger,ย fear,ย sadness,ย disgust,ย surprise,ย anticipation,ย trust, andย joy. Plutchik proposed that these ‘basic’ emotions are biologically primitive and have evolved in order to increase the reproductive fitness of the animal. Plutchik argues for the primacy of these emotions by showing each to be the trigger of behaviour with high survival value, such as the way fear inspires theย fight-or-flight response.
Robert Plutchik’s theoryย
Robert Plutchik’s theory says that the eight basic emotions are:
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