The basic emotions

All live organisms are made to gain all factors that will help them to satisfy their needs. The person acts only when his/her actions have the sense. Emotions are the innate and are the sudden reaction to the certain event. The cognitive process forms the mental image and the emotional processes give the selectivity of the behaviour.
There is the range of the certain emotions that makes the base for all emotions. These emotions are discussed not only from psychological point of view but also from the social point of view.
So the basic emotions of mammals are the interest, satisfaction, hope, joy, indifference, rage, sorrow.
Some scientists say about ten basic emotions that are the joy, surprise, sorrow, rage, repugnance, contempt, fear, shame, interest and guilt.
The main emotional states that are felt by people are divided into emotions and feelings. Besides, scientists also talk about affects, stresses, passion as passion is considered to be the culminate point of the feelings expression and mood that is also called the chronic emotional state.
The specific human emotions were formed in the process of human development during the history. Such emotions are feelings. They are connected with the social essence of people as well as with the social norms and rules.
