Question

Write a short note:

Plutchiks’s Model of Emotions

Explain the following concept in 25 to 30 words:

Plutchiks’s Wheel of Emotions

Answer 1

1. Plutchik’s stated that there are 8 basic emotions.
2. He created the wheel of emotions which shows various relationships among the emotions.
3. The intensity of emotion decreases as we move outward and vice versa.
4. The colour too indicates the intensity. The darker the shade, the more intense the emotion.
5. Emotions with no colour depict a combination of two primary emotions.
6. Plutchik states that we experience complex emotions most of the time.
7. This model is important from the perspective of emotional literacy.

Plutchik’s model of emotions