Correct Answer - Option 3 : Hope
Emotional Development: It is one of major aspects of human development. Emotions like love, anger, fear, etc. play a great role in the development of a child’s personality. It can be expressed in various ways, like facial expressions on the face, like gestures, like volume and tone of speech, by the behavioral display or motives of a person. There is no moment in our life when we do not experience emotions. They can result from a variety of external or internal stimulations.
Characteristics of emotions:
- Emotions are prevalent in every living organism.
- Emotions are present at all stages of development.
- Emotions rise abruptly but die slowly.
- Emotions play a role in the shaping of the future behavior of an individual.
- Emotions help in effective interaction with others
Primary emotions:
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Happiness: When we are able to achieve something that makes us feel pleasurable and elated. It is a feeling of joy that is experienced when we are content, gratified, and satisfied with our life.
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Fear: Any situation that induces a feeling of terror or threat to one’s wellbeing causes fear. Fear plays an important role in survival as it motivates the person to protect him or herself. There is an increase in heart rate, respiration rate and the body muscles become tense.
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Sadness: Sadness is another emotion that is characterized by feelings of discontentment, grief, and unhappiness. The person may feel frustrated due to certain failures in life or personal loss and a condition of apathy may occur. The person feels dull, low, disinterested in things around him or her. The person feels hopeless and disappointed.
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Anger: When we are unable to reach our goals, it causes frustration that provokes anger. Sometimes when people do things that are unjust or hurt us with verbal insults or physically hurting us, then it instigates one to get angry. There can be various reasons behind the feeling of anger and the expression of anger may also vary across age groups and gender.
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Surprise: Surprise is a very brief emotion that is generally very intense. It is a response to a stimulus that may be unexpected, maybe pleasant, or unpleasant and it leads to a state of startle. The person may display it by raised eyebrows or dilated pupils, loud screams or gasp, jumping behavior, or opening of the mouth.
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Disgust: When we are faced with a situation or environment that is unhygienic or repulsive insight or evokes a smell then it produces disgust. Generally, in disgust, the person shows a nose crunch and moves away from the annoying stimulus in order to avoid experiencing the unpleasantness.
Hence, we can conclude that hope is not a primary emotion.
