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List of emotions. The contrasting and categorisation of emotions describes how emotions are thought to relate to each other.

List of emotions

Various recent proposals of such groupings are described in the following sections. Contrasting basic emotions[edit] The following table,[1] based on a wide review of current theories, identifies and contrasts the fundamental emotions according to a set of definite criteria. The three key criteria used include mental experiences that: Experiential learning. Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from direct experience, i.e., "learning from experience".[1] The experience can be staged or left open.

Experiential learning

Aristotle once said, "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them".[2] David A. Reflective practice. Reflective practice is the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning.[1] According to one definition it involves "paying critical attention to the practical values and theories which inform everyday actions, by examining practice reflectively and reflexively.

Reflective practice

This leads to developmental insight".[2] A key rationale for reflective practice is that experience alone does not necessarily lead to learning; deliberate reflection on experience is essential.[3][4] Reflective practice can be an important tool in practice-based professional learning settings where people learn from their own professional experiences, rather than from formal learning or knowledge transfer.