Abstract
Abstract Emotions are viewed as having evolved through their adaptive value in dealing with fundamental life-tasks. Each emotion has unique features: signal, physiology, and antecedent events. Each emotion also has characteristics in common with other emotions: rapid onset, short duration, unbidden occurrence, automatic appraisal, and coherence among responses. These shared and unique characteristics are the product of our evolution, and distinguish emotions from other affective phenomena.
Keywords
Antecedent (behavioral psychology)PsychologyCognitive psychologyArgument (complex analysis)Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy)Emotion classificationValue (mathematics)Cognitive appraisalCognitionSocial psychologyComputer scienceNeuroscience
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Paul Ekman
(1992).
An argument for basic emotions.
Cognition & Emotion
, 6
(3-4)
, 169-200.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02699939208411068
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- 10.1080/02699939208411068