Robert Plutchik

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Robert Plutchik (born October 21, 1927 in Brooklyn , †  April 29, 2006 in Sarasota ) was an American psychologist . His focus was on research into emotions , suicides , violence and psychotherapy .

Plutchik grew up in Brooklyn as the son of a tailor. After graduating from school received a scholarship to the City College of New York . He earned a Masters and PhD degrees from Columbia University . He has taught at many universities in and outside the United States. For two years he was involved in research on the human brain at the National Institute of Mental Health . After his retirement, Plutchik was Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Psychology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Associate Professor at the University of South Florida .

Emotion-theoretical models

Plutchik's wheel of emotions

In 1980, Plutchik introduced an emotion theory. This assumes that emotions have a genetic basis and control the adaptation of behavior. He names eight basic emotions and summarizes them in emotional theory models. This is on the one hand the three-dimensional cone ( cone-shaped model ) and on the other hand the two-dimensional wheel ( wheel of emotions ) with the same content, but as a top view of the dismantled cone.

Cone of Emotions

The eight emotions can be arranged on a cone and can be graded based on their intensity. Towards the top, the emotions are no longer as intense and are therefore no longer so easily distinguishable. Similar emotions are adjacent. Opposing emotions are opposing emotions; adjacent emotions are similar. This results in the opposing pairs of joy - sadness, expectation - surprise, aversion - trust, resentment - fear. All other emotions are combinations of the primary emotions, here primary dyads (similar emotions mix) and secondary dyads (dissimilar, not directly adjacent emotions mix) arise.

Works

  • The Emotions: Facts, Theories, and a New Model. 1962.
  • Foundations of Experimental Research. 1968.
  • Emotion: A Psychoevolutionary Synthesis. 1980.
  • with Henry Kellerman: Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience: Biological Foundations of Emotions. 1986.
  • The Emotions. 1991, ISBN 0-8191-8286-9 .
  • with Hope R. Conte: Ego Defenses: Theory and Measurement. 1994, ISBN 0-471-05233-7 .
  • The Psychology and Biology of Emotion. 1994, ISBN 0-06-045236-6 .
  • with Hope R. Conte (Ed.): Circumplex Models of Personality and Emotions. 1997, ISBN 1-55798-380-1 .
  • Emotions in the Practice of Psychotherapy: Clinical Implications of Affect Theories. 2000, ISBN 1-55798-694-0 .
  • Emotions and Life: Perspectives from Psychology, Biology, and Evolution. 2002, ISBN 1-55798-949-4 .

See also

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  1. ↑ amazon.com
  2. ^ R. Plutchik: EMOTION: A Psychoevolutionary Synthesis. Harper & Row, 1980.
  3. ^ R. Plutchik: The Emotions. University Press of America, 1991, ISBN 0-8191-8286-9 , p. 110. ( Google Books ).
personal data
SURNAME Plutchik, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2006
Place of death Sarasota , Florida