Human Growth and Development / Unit 4 HGD 0471 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Primary Emotions
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The idea
Primary emotions are biologically based, appear in the first year, and have universal facial expressions: joy, sadness, fear, anger, disgust and surprise.
In practice
The same expressions of joy and fear recognised across cultures and shown by people blind from birth.
Where people slip
Researchers disagree on the full list; Ekman's six are the ones the major theories share.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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