
Episode 135: The Science of Emotion
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Differences Between Anger and Sadness
Anger and sadness have a lot in common because they're both kind of representing obstruction of a goal or, or failure to attain a reward that we expect. Joy represents the attainment of goals or satisfaction of some sort of a pettitive drive. Sadness is when there is little ability to overcome whatever obstruction has been put in the way. Anticipation plus fear gives rise to anxiety whereas anticipation plus trust gives rise to hope. Complex emotions are formed from mixtures of simple ones. Blochik proposed that there are different types of combinations of two emotions that he called dyads.
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