Discrete Emotions Theory

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Discrete Emotions Theory, also called Differential Emotions Theory or DET, as offered by Silvan Tomkins and Carroll Izard, is a view of emotional development which argues that emotions are innate, are discrete from one another from a very early age, and each emotion is believed to be packaged with a specific and distinctive set of bodily and facial reactions.[1]

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  1. ^ Siegler, Robert (2006). How Childred Develop, Exploring Child Develop Student Media Tool Kit & Scientific American Reader to Accompany How Children Develop. New York: Worth Publishers. ISBN 0716761130.