What are the basic emotion and why are they called basic?

Answer:
anger

More information:
The "basic emotions" are those that are the most simple and are not derived from some other feeling. One easily remembered formula is : Sad / Mad / Glad / or Scared.

For example, a person might feel jealousy. When examined, jealousy is a combination of being sad because of a loved one's behavior, mad at that loved one, and scared of losing love.

Another example might be hope, which could be roughly interpreted as glad and scared.
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