up:: [[Emotions MOC]] Tags:: #🌱 # Emotions and their interpretation are universal Across cultures, emotions are expressed in the same way. Ekman, a famous emotional psychologist, found what he believed are the six basic emotions: Happiness Surprise Anger Fear Disgust Sadness Tribes with no connection to western culture can still understand which of these emotions are being felt when shown pictures from Western people. This worked vice versa as well. In addition, emotion across animals is similar as well. The way a monkey expresses emotion is similar to that of humans. This principle is talked in more detail inside [[Darwin's Theory of Universality]]. Related: ___ # Resources