Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions

Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions is a visual model that illustrates how human emotions are interconnected and vary in intensity. It organizes emotions into eight primary categories, such as joy, trust, fear, and anger, arranged in a circle to show their relationships. Emotions that are next to each other are similar, while opposite ones, like joy and sadness, stand across from each other. The wheel also demonstrates how emotions can blend to create more complex feelings—for example, combining trust and joy results in love. Overall, it helps us understand the spectrum and development of our emotional experiences.