By Aditya Shukla, psychologist, founder of Cognition Today
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People are surprised when their expectations are violated. It then triggers your attention to focus on something new. It is proof that your attention is captured.
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People get angry when they feel they have been treated poorly. So they use anger as a way to negotiate better treatment by threatening harm.
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Fear directly comes from feeling a sense of threat. The body then quickly enters survival mode.
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Disgust is a response to rotting smells which generally indicate food is unhealthy. It's an instinct to puke out so rotting food doesn't stay in the stomach to further hurt the body.
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Sadness is a complex emotion, but researchers believe it primary purpose is to enter a low energy state and seek empathy for social help.
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Joy, specifically, and not the philosophical idea of happiness, is a reward for the brain to repeat a behavior that helps in some way.
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