To write this essay the first thing you need to do is to choose one of these three emotions. No, you can’t
combine two or the three of them. Choose one. Then to be able to “contrast different theoretical approaches”
you will have to explain how these different approaches understand your chosen emotions differently. The
distinction between affect and emotions and how they address your chosen emotions differently is the main
and first distinction to be address in your essay. However, another points of contrast can be, experimental vs
critical perspectives, “feelings” vs “affect”, quantitative vs qualitative approaches, etc.