Tag: Paul Ekman

Surprise is one of the six basic emotions proposed by psychologist Paul Ekman in the mid-20th century. Ekman claimed that these emotions were biologically universal to all human beings, and were, like chemical… more emotion Surprise

In the middle of the last century, psychologist Paul Ekman declared, on the basis of a thin body of poorly-designed research, that all of human emotional experience can be reduced to just six… more emotion Revolted

In the mid-20th century, a school of psychologists attempted to establish a system for objectively identifying basic universal emotions, agreed upon by all people regardless of of cultural differences and individual experiences. Their… more emotion Contempt