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Emotion classification
Contrast of one emotion from another / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emotion classification, the means by which one may distinguish or contrast one emotion from another, is a contested issue in emotion research and in affective science. Researchers have approached the classification of emotions from one of two fundamental viewpoints:[citation needed]
- that emotions are discrete and fundamentally different constructs
- that emotions can be characterized on a dimensional basis in groupings
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