EMOTION CATEGORIES

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Clark Elliott, 2021
after Ortony, et al., 1988

GROUP	SPECIFICATION	CATEGORY LABEL AND EMOTION TYPE
Well-Being	appraisal of a situation as an event relative to one’s goals	joy: pleased about an event; achieved or retained goal distress: displeased about an event; blocked goal
Fortunes-of-Others (Well-Being)	appraisal based on presumption of how a situation is appraised by another as an event relative to their goals	happy-for: pleased about an event desirable for another gloating: pleased about an event undesirable for another resentment: displeased about an event desirable for another jealousy*: resentment over a desired mutually exclusive goal envy*: resentment over a desired non-exclusive goal sorry-for: displeased about an event undesirable for another
Prospect-based (Well-being)	appraisal of a situation as a prospective event relative to one’s goals.	hope: pleased about a prospective desirable event fear: displeased about a prospective undesirable event
Confirmation (Well-being)	appraisal of a situation as an event confirming or disconfirming an expectation relative to one’s goals	satisfaction: pleased about a confirmed desirable event relief: pleased about a disconfirmed undesirable event fears-confirmed: displeased about a confirmed undesirable event disappointment: displeased about a disconfirmed desirable event
Attribution	appraisal of a situation as an accountable act of some agent, relative to one’s principles	pride: approving of one's own act admiration: approving of another's act shame: disapproving of one's own act reproach: disapproving of another's act
Attraction	appraisal of a situation as containing an [un]attractive object re. one’s tastes	liking: finding an object appealing; relative to desires/tastes disliking: finding an object unappealing; ~desires/tastes
Well-being/ Attribution	compound emotions	gratitude: admiration+joy anger: reproach+distress gratification: pride+joy remorse: shame+distress
Attraction/ Attribution	compound emotion extensions	love:admiration+liking hate: reproach+ disliking [frustration*: hope+disappointment] [unfairness*: resentmnt+reprch--stdrd unfairly applied, self/other] [betrayal*: distress+reprch--broken agreement]

*Non-symmetric additions necessary for some stories.