-The word emotion dates back to 1579, when it was adapted from the French word emouvoir, which means “to stir from up”
-It is defined as an agitation, disturbance or tumultuous physical or social movement constituting a departure from the calm state of the organism as includes strong feeling, and impulse to overt action and internal bodily changes in respiration, circulation and granular reaction.
-Based on research Paul Ekman classified the six basic emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise.