What is the average number of emotions people experience in a day?

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Mean, mode or median?

dv said:

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This one I’ll call ‘anger’!

its interesting searching that question

average number of emotions people experience in a day

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

Tau.Neutrino said:

its interesting searching that question

average number of emotions people experience in a day

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

would imagine that is because it is so subjective.

Tau.Neutrino said:

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

You don’t say…

Witty Rejoinder said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

You don’t say…

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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/new-research-says-there-are-only-four-emotions/283560/

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http://planetzynnia.com/emotions-on-an-average-day/

6-8
https://www.quora.com/How-many-basic-emotions-are-there-in-a-person

8-14
https://www.quora.com/How-many-basic-emotions-are-there-in-a-person

154
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/unthinkable-how-many-emotions-can-one-person-feel-1.2505786

ChrispenEvan said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

its interesting searching that question

average number of emotions people experience in a day

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

would imagine that is because it is so subjective.

which then begs the question

do we feel some types of emotions and not feel other types of emotions?

Anger seems a physical emotion

Happiness seems a physical emotion

while indifference might be a subjective emotion

• do we feel some types of emotions and not feel other types of emotions?

Maybe you should do a mind map to sort it out…

Tau.Neutrino said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

its interesting searching that question

average number of emotions people experience in a day

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

would imagine that is because it is so subjective.

which then begs the question

do we feel some types of emotions and not feel other types of emotions?

Anger seems a physical emotion

Happiness seems a physical emotion

while indifference might be a subjective emotion

Psychologists have yet to fully tackle the question How many emotions do we have

Psychologists have yet to fully tackle the question: How many emotions do we have

Part of the difficulty is because our experiences are so complex and involve so many different factors, so distinguishing one emotion from another is a lot like drawing lines of sand in the desert. It can be hard to determine where one emotions ends or another begins. Even when we analyze a commonsense emotion like “happiness” or “anger,” we know from everyday experience that these emotions come in many different degrees, qualities, and intensities. In addition, our experiences are often comprised of multiple emotions at once, which adds another dimension of complexity to our emotional experience.

Anyone experience multiple emotions at once?

can you remember them?

Emotions in Everyday Life

Abstract

Despite decades of research establishing the causes and consequences of emotions in the laboratory, we know surprisingly little about emotions in everyday life. We developed a smartphone application that monitored real-time emotions of an exceptionally large (N = 11,000+) and heterogeneous participants sample. People’s everyday life seems profoundly emotional: participants experienced at least one emotion 90% of the time. The most frequent emotion was joy, followed by love and anxiety. People experienced positive emotions 2.5 times more often than negative emotions, but also experienced positive and negative emotions simultaneously relatively frequently. We also characterized the interconnections between people’s emotions using network analysis. This novel approach to emotion research suggests that specific emotions can fall into the following categories 1) connector emotions (e.g., joy), which stimulate same valence emotions while inhibiting opposite valence emotions, 2) provincial emotions (e.g., gratitude), which stimulate same valence emotions only, or 3) distal emotions (e.g., embarrassment), which have little interaction with other emotions and are typically experienced in isolation. Providing both basic foundations and novel tools to the study of emotions in everyday life, these findings demonstrate that emotions are ubiquitous to life and can exist together and distinctly, which has important implications for both emotional interventions and theory.

Bookmarked for further reading

furious said:

• do we feel some types of emotions and not feel other types of emotions?

Maybe you should do a mind map to sort it out…

An excellent recommendation.

Michael V said:

furious said:

• do we feel some types of emotions and not feel other types of emotions?

Maybe you should do a mind map to sort it out…

An excellent recommendation.

a handy book to have while mind mapping

The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Problem Solving in … – Google Books

only $108 dollars

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UnfqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT207&lpg=PT207&dq=average+number+of+emotions+people+experience+in+a+day&source=bl&ots=qIPEXamndV&sig=FDTM4T1i9KAdFGW9hNTntRbUvwE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj60KLVi9PSAhWDHpQKHR8NBioQ6AEIWjAJ#v=onepage&q=average%20number%20of%20emotions%20people%20experience%20in%20a%20day&f=false

• only $108 dollars

I’m sure you could crowd fund that…

furious said:

• only $108 dollars

I’m sure you could crowd fund that…

and a new laptop / tabet

With robots on the doorstep and artificial intelligence lurking around the corner

it would be good to sort out how many human emotions we have

if robots are to experience emotions we need to know what emotions they will experience

will robot emotions be limited etc

can robots deal with multiple emotions at once etc

how angry can a robot get etc

then its time we sorted the mess out

With robots on the doorstep and artificial intelligence lurking around the corner

it would be good to sort out how many human emotions we have

if robots are to experience emotions we need to know what emotions they will experience

will robot emotions be limited etc

can robots deal with multiple emotions at once etc

how angry can a robot get etc

then its time we sorted the mess out

furious said:

• only $108 dollars

I’m sure you could crowd fund that…

maybe I can crowd fund a block and land and a hippy house to live in to make mind maps

living in public housing at the moment

be great to get out of here and into something more private

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq1jy8eUHH0

Rolling Stones’ Mixed Emotions

Tau.Neutrino said:

its interesting searching that question

average number of emotions people experience in a day

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

The division of any continuum into parts is arbitrary.

I have the full gamut of human emotion all the way from A to B.

What emotions will robots have?

How many emotions will robots have?

What intensity of emotions will robots have?

Will robots be emotionally intelligent?

Will they be able to control their own emotions etc

Tau.Neutrino said:

What emotions will robots have?

How many emotions will robots have?

What intensity of emotions will robots have?

Will robots be emotionally intelligent?

Will they be able to control their own emotions etc

None, zero, ziltch, no, NA.

people losing their cool in the office

Tau.Neutrino said:

people losing their cool in the office

No 21 looks like Newman from Seinfeld

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SCIENCE said:

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inscrutable?

SCIENCE said:

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mzlrbl

>it would be good to sort out how many human emotions we have

why not call it (emotions included) the mental toolbox.

clearly the force of drives (including those inhibitory) can and often involves composites.

casual pathologizing, is, well, casual pathologizing.

and who is we.

SCIENCE said:

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Hey SCIENCE, are you still educating our next generation?

yes

for example, at least 4 of the year 2016 rows in this list

https://www.asi.edu.au/alumni/honor-roll/

were my students

Tau.Neutrino said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

it seems that a lot of websites cannot agree on how many emotions we have

You don’t say…

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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/new-research-says-there-are-only-four-emotions/283560/

5
http://planetzynnia.com/emotions-on-an-average-day/

6-8
https://www.quora.com/How-many-basic-emotions-are-there-in-a-person

8-14
https://www.quora.com/How-many-basic-emotions-are-there-in-a-person

154
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/unthinkable-how-many-emotions-can-one-person-feel-1.2505786

That list above 4 to 154, is of “different emotions”. In your original question, you didn’t specify whether the emotions had to be different, and if so by how much.

It would be fascinating to carry a scientific test on the original question. The best way I can think to do this is to get study participants to carry around a voice alarm clock (eg. on their mobile phones, or in my case a kitchen timer) that asks every 20 minutes “how do you feel?” and the participant has to describe as accurately as possible (verbally or in writing) how they felt emotionally at the precise moment of hearing those words. An alarm clock would be necessary to eliminate the problem of only recording emotions when the participant is in an emotional state that is conducive to recording emotions.

There will be at least two sources of variation between participants, possibly three. One source of variation will be emotional intensity, a person who has recently lost a loved one for example will be feeling emotions more intensely than a person who is up to the final self-actualisation level of “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”, a quick way to measure emotional intensity would be by getting the person to record how vivid their dreams are. The second source of variation would be vocabulary, a person may experience a large number of emotions but without a vocabulary to describe them. Someone who never talks about emotions will have a smaller emotional vocabulary than someone who always talks about emotions. The experience of age has an effect here, too. A quick way to measure emotional vocabulary (in advance of the timed experiment) is to ask the participant to name as many emotions as possible within one minute.

The possible third source of variation is deliberate suppression. A persona-driven person will hide what they actually feel in order to present a successful self-image to either themselves or the world. What a person reveals from their persona may be emotions that are quite different to those that they are feeling in their id. ‘Id’ and ‘persona’ are psychological terms coined by Freud.

Tau.Neutrino said:

What is the average number of emotions people experience in a day?

OK, you asked for it. Below is listed all the emotions I experienced in six hours. Sometimes I don’t know the appropriate word, so have substituted an associated thought or action.

Intense
Agitated
Irritated
Frustrated
Mildly happy
Tentative and worried
“On hold”
Happy
Mischievous
Lethargic
Hesitant
Annoyed
Teary
Grim
Uncertain
Conflicted
Rushed
Harassed
In a hurry
Straining
Relieved
Precise
Disassociated
Heroic
“What’s next?”
“Oh pooh”
Sigh
Slightly guilty
Hungry
Concerned
Gleeful desire
Satisfaction
Slightly grim
“It worked out the way I’d hoped”
Slightly outraged
Rueful
Gritting teeth
“Oh no not again” chagrinned
“Listening in a slightly worried way” pensive
Anticipating
Hollow
Cheerful
“You’re not putting that guilt trip on me”
Tentative
Bashful
Cheery
“How awful”
Anticipating
Pushing forward
Sad but impatient
Sad/nervous/concerned
Hunched shoulders
Concentrating
“Ooh aah” surprised
Trying to find a meaning, peering
Gawking
Detached approving concentration
Tense and breathless
Frustrated and shrink-away and a little sad
Trapped
Pleased
Relieved
Shudder/shiver
Great
Rueful
At peace
Delighted
Disturbed
“What happened here?”
Enjoying
Stubborn
Inquisitive
Pleasurable pain
Active
Surprised
“What’s next?”
Slight suspicion
Resignation
Nonplussed
Querying
Patient
Nervous
Worried
Sad and sexy
Nervously anxious
Worn out
Exhausted
Neutral
“Nose bleed” fearful rush
Shaky
Fed up
A little weepy
Hopeful
Lapdog
Admiration
Frustrated
“That’s nice”
Befuddled
Speed without haste
Resignation

How many is that in 6 hours?

As I type this, my dominant emotion is “overwhelmed”.

I alternate between anger and despair

Cymek said:

I alternate between anger and despair

I have only a few emotions now. Mainly concerned with Mz Tambs death.

>How many is that in 6 hours?

didn’t see curious, or did I miss it

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

What is the average number of emotions people experience in a day?

OK, you asked for it. Below is listed all the emotions I experienced in six hours. Sometimes I don’t know the appropriate word, so have substituted an associated thought or action.

(above adapted for own use)

here’s my list

neutral
neutral
neutral
neutral
…

quite similar from day to day

transition said:

>How many is that in 6 hours?

didn’t see curious, or did I miss it

No curious, but “inquisitive” is similar.

mollwollfumble said:

transition said:

>How many is that in 6 hours?

didn’t see curious, or did I miss it

No curious, but “inquisitive” is similar.

yes, it is.

SCIENCE said:

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neutral

dv said:

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Cymek said:

I alternate between anger and despair

There is such a thing as “emotional maturity”. At age 35 I was diagnosed with “emotional immaturity”. Emotionally immature people either only feel a few types of emotion or only have words to describe a few of the emotions they feel.

Witty Rejoinder said:

This one I’ll call ‘anger’!

Anger is surprisingly rare. It’s familiar because of its consequences, but even many type of animals have been observed to exhibit “shame” more often than “anger”.

Tau.Neutrino said:

do we feel some types of emotions and not feel other types of emotions?
Anger seems a physical emotion
Happiness seems a physical emotion
while indifference might be a subjective emotion

mollwoll’s theory of emotion includes the statement “there is no emotion without motion”. I’m using motion in it’s most general sense here – bodily posture is included in motion, frenzied immobility is included in motion, and so is steady breathing. Or to put it another way “physiology follows psychology”. It’s possible to suppress emotion, bury it deep so that nobody can see it. Persona chooses exactly what emotions it wants to hide, and hiding emotions actually suppresses them so the person becomes unaware that they are there.

Even indifference is a physical emotion. To prove this, try “feigned indifference” and watch the turn of the shoulders.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Anyone experience multiple emotions at once?
can you remember them?

Yes. See list above for a few examples from yesterday.
I’ve even had a time once in my life, about ten years ago, where I could honestly say that I experienced all emotions at once. That was quite a memorable moment.

Tau.Neutrino said:

With robots on the doorstep and artificial intelligence lurking around the corner
it would be good to sort out how many human emotions we have
if robots are to experience emotions we need to know what emotions they will experience
will robot emotions be limited etc
can robots deal with multiple emotions at once etc
how angry can a robot get etc
then its time we sorted the mess out

See what I’ve said above about “emotion” mapped to “motion”. For every robot, fake the “emotion” by programming the exact same “motion” that goes with each emotion. A smote for happy, a shrink in and stop breathing for fear, steady breathing for relaxed, etc. We’ve all seen R2D2 emoting. What’s the difference between a real emotion and a faked emotion? The same as the difference between a real work of art and a fake – the fidelity of the faking process.

The same sort of idea is what is behind “laughter therapy”. If you fake happiness, it won’t make you happy. But if you fake happiness really really well then it will make you happy.

> smote

smile

The SBS archeology thing must be good, it’s a bit quiet in here.

ruby said:

The SBS archeology thing must be good, it’s a bit quiet in here.

Pfft. It’s not even on for half an hour.