what are the primary emotions in psychology?
<answer> Joy, Trust, Fear, Surprise, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Anticipation are the primary emotions in psychology. <context> In 1980, Robert Plutchik constructed a wheel-like diagram of emotions visualising eight basic emotions: Joy, Trust, Fear, Surprise, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Anticipation. 1  The wheel combines the ideas of circles representing emotions and a color wheel. Similar emotions in the wheel are adjacent.