This ontology has been developed for the SPICE Project (https://spice-h2020.github.io/) and it is based on Shaver's Emotion Theory.
A visualization of the ontology structure is available here: https://github.com/spice-h2020/SON/blob/main/ShaverEmotions/shavernew.png
Author: Bruno Sartini
Inverse of Refers to prototype emotion
Is prototype emotion of
Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
This property was introduced to link an emotion word to the Emotion Prototype that was chosen to identify a cluster in Shaver studies.
refers to prototype emotion
Adoration
Affection
Aggravation
Agitation
Agony
Alarm
Alienation
Amazement
Amusement
"Something (usually
another person, in these accounts) interferes with the person's
execution of plans or attainment of goals (by reducing the person's
power, violating expectations, frustrating or interrupting
goal-directed activities). Alternatively, the person perceives another
as harming him or her in some way (inflicting physical or
psychological pain)." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Anger is a reaction to an event that complicates, negates, or interferes with the experiences intentions, plans, often making them hard or impossible to carry out. The experiencer stands against this event in a fightful stance.
Anger
Anguish
Annoyance
Anxiety
Apprehension
Arousal
Astonishment
Attraction
Bitterness
Bliss
Caring
Cheerfulness
Compassion
Contempt
Contentment
Defeat
Dejection
Delight
Depression
Desire
Despair
Disappointment
Disgust
Dislike
Dismay
Displeasure
Distress
Dread
Eagerness
Ecstasy
Elation
Embarrassment
"The coders' judgments were used to produce a feature summary of
each narrative account. A feature was scored as present in a given account
if at least two of three coders agreed that it was present. On the
basis of these codings, we determined the prototypical features of the
basic emotion categories." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
An emotion event is the event that triggers an emotion or the physical/psychological effect that the emotion triggers on the experiencer. It was extracted by the narration of an emotional episode of the participants of Shaver Study.
Emotion Feature
Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Emotion words describe the emotions that emerged from Shaver's study across various emotion theories
Emotion Word
Enjoyment
Enthrallment
Enthusiasm
Envy
Euphoria
Exasperation
Excitement
Exhilaration
"[...]fear accounts begin with an interpretation
of events as potentially dangerous or threatening to
the self—most commonly, an anticipation of physical harm,
loss, rejection, or failure. The fear antecedents also include a set
of situational factors (unfamiliar situation, being in the dark,
being alone) that probably increase the person's perceived vulnerability
to such threats and impede his or her chances of coping
effectively." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Fear is a reaction towards events that are perceived by the epxeriencer as potentially dangerous, and might cause either physical or psychological harm. This reaction is an anticipation of the potential danger of this event or the event(s) that might follow.
Fear
Ferocity
Fondness
Fright
Frustration
Fury
Gaiety
Gladness
Glee
Gloom
Glumness
Grief
Grouchiness
Grumpiness
Guilt
Happiness
Hate
Homesickness
Hope
Hopelessness
Horror
Hostility
Humiliation
Hurt
Hysteria
Infatuation
Insecurity
Insult
Irritation
Isolation
Jealousy
Jolliness
Joviality
"Whereas sadness accounts begin with undesirable
outcomes (getting what is not wanted, suffering social rejection,
losing a valued relationship), joy accounts begin with positive
outcomes—getting something desired or desirable. In contrast
to the losses and failures that trigger sadness, the desirable outcome
that initiates happiness is frequently a gain or success in
the achievement domain (task success, achievement) or in the
social domain (receiving esteem or affection)." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Joy is a reaction towards an event that positively influences the experiencer life such as the achievement of something.
Joy
Jubilation
Liking
Loathing
Loneliness
Longing
"[...]in the case of love, they promote a similar
sense of well-being that is personalized (i.e., that is attributed
to the presence or existence of the love object). Love is marked
by several additional antecedents. According to our subjects,
love can occur because one has shared time or special experiences
with the other person, because one finds the other physically
or psychologically attractive, because one enjoys exceptionally
good communication with the other person, or because
one feels open and trusting in the person's presence." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Love is a reaction to an event that positively affects the life of the experiencer, that is triggered by someone or something towards which they feel something romantic or simply special. In contrast with joy in which the trigger of the event can be anything.
Love
Lust
Melancholy
Misery
Mortification
Neglect
Nervousness
Optimism
Outrage
Panic
Passion
Pity
Pleasure
Pride
"If contemporary
cognitive psychology is correct in claiming that repeated experiences
with similar events lead to the construction of generic
mental representations, then ordinary, untrained subjects
should construct emotion prototypes and implicitly use them
when witnessing and recounting emotion episodes." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Prototype emotions are the Emotions that emerged in Shaver as the protypical reactions to events that trigger an emotion.
Prototype Emotion
Rage
Rapture
Regret
Rejection
Relief
Remorse
Resentment
Revulsion
"The sad
person has experienced an undesirable outcome; often he or she
has experienced one of the events that the fearful person
dreads—death of a loved one, loss of a relationship, or social
rejection. Like fear, sadness involves "discovering that one is
powerless, helpless, or impotent" to change the unhappy circumstances
(cf. Seligman, 1975)." Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Sadness is a reaction to an unpleasant event that leads to a downward spiral of negativity, sense of giving up and hopelessness.
Sadness
Satisfaction
Scorn
Sentimentality
Shame
Shock
Sorrow
Spite
Suffering
Shaver P, Schwartz J, Kirson D, O'Connor C. Emotion knowledge: further exploration of a prototype approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1061-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1061. PMID: 3598857.
Surprise is only included in a first list of Emotion Prototypes, but it is not given a definition by Shaver.
Surprise
Sympathy
Tenderness
Tenseness
Terror
Thrill
Torment
Triumph
Uneasiness
Unhappiness
Vengefulness
Woe
Worry
Wrath
Zeal
Zest
Attacking something other than cause
Being alone
Being in the dark
Communicating the good feeling
Crying
Death of a loved one
Doing nice things for other people
Exceptionally good communication
Expressing positive feelings to other
Feeling excited
Hands or fists clenched
Hugging people
Imagining attacking the cause of anger
Jumping up and down
Kissing
Narrowing of attention
Nonverbally communicating disapproval
Other offers something wanted, etc.
Person finds other attractive
Physically attacking the cause of anger
Picturing a disastrous conclusion
Predisposition to anger
Real or threatened pain
Reality exceeding expectations
Reality falling short of expectations
Receiving a wonderful surprise
Saying positive things
Saying sad things
Sharing the feeling
Smiling
Talking little or not at all
Talking to someone about sadness
Threat of harm or death
Threat of social rejection
Tightness or rigidity in body
Verbally attacking the cause of anger
Violation of expectation
wanted
Wanting physical closeness or sex
Withdrawing from social contact
Acting unafraid, hiding the fear
Aggressive, threatening gestures
Being accepted, belonging
Being bouncy, bubbly
Being courteous, friendly to others
Being forgetful, distracted, etc.
Being talkative, talking a lot
Blaming, criticizing oneself
Bright, glowing face
Brooding; withdrawing from contact
Comforting self, trying to keep calm
Complaining, bitching, etc.
Crying, whimpering
Crying, tears, whimpering
Desirable outcome; getting what was
Discovering one is powerless, helpless
Empathy with someone who is sad, hurt
Experiencing pleasurable stimuli, etc.
Eye contact, mutual gaze
Eyes darting, looking quickly around
Feeling/acting self-confident, etc.
Feeling excited, high energy, etc.
Feeling happy, joyful, exuberant, etc.
Feeling nervous, jittery, jumpy
Feeling relaxed, calm
Feeling warm, trusting, secure, etc.
Fleeing, running, walking hurriedly
Frowning, not smiling
Frowning, not smiling, etc.
Frustration/interruption of activity
Getting something striven for, etc.
Giggling, laughing
Giving up; no longer trying to improve
Gritting teeth, showing teeth, etc.
Having shared time, experiences
Heavy walk, stomping
Hiding from threat, trying not to move
High thresh hold for worry, annoyance
Hugging, holding, cuddling
Incoherent, out of control, emotional
Irritable, touchy, grouchy
Judgment of illegitimacy, unfairness
Losing ability to focus, disoriented
Loss of control, competence
Loss of relationship; separation
Loud voice, yelling, screaming
Low, quiet, slow, monotonous voice
Moping, brooding, being moody
Negative outlook; thinking negatively
Nervous, fearful talk
Nervous tension, anxiety, discomfort
Not getting what was wanted, etc.
Novel, unfamiliar situation
Obscenities, cursing
Other inspires openness, trust, etc.
Person knows other loves, needs, him or her
Physically energetic, active, 'hyper'
Pleading, crying for help
Positive outlook; seeing bright side
Possibility of loss, failure
Receiving esteem, respect, praise
Receiving love, liking, affection
Red, flushed face
Redefining the situation, etc.
Rejection, exclusion, disapproval
Reversal or loss of power, status
Saying 'I love you'
Screaming, yelling
Seeing only the positive side, etc.
Shaking, quivering, trembling
Shaky, trembling voice
Sitting, lying around; inactive, etc.
Slow, shuffling movements
Slumped, drooping posture
Suppressing anger; trying not to show it
Suppressing feelings; acting happy
Sweating, perspiring
Taking action, becoming active
Talking less, being speechless
Task success, achievement
Thinking 'I'm right,' etc.
Tired, run-down, low in energy
Touching, petting
Undesirable outcome, negative surprise
Voice is enthusiastic, excited
Wanting the best for other, etc.
Wanting to see, spend time with other