In this set of studies, we examine the perceptual similarities between emotions that share
either a valence or a motivational direction. Determination is a positive approach-related …

As a prototypic negative emotion, anger would seem to have little in common with positive
activation, as measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; D. Watson …

The present research developed and tested a new individual‐difference measure of the
need for affect, which is the motivation to approach or avoid emotion‐inducing situations …

The article presents the case to consider tenderness a basic emotion, using the criteria
proposed by Ekman (in Handbook of cognition and emotion, Wiley, England, 1999). The first …

Anger, disgust, surprise, and awe are multifaceted emotions. Both anger and disgust are
associated with feeling unpleasant as well as experiencing a sense of confidence, whereas …

For the last 50 years, research investigating the effect of emotions on scope of cognitive
processing was based on models proposing that affective valence determined cognitive …

The nature of the association between anger and 5 appraisal–action tendency components—
goal obstacle, other accountability, unfairness, control, and antagonism—was examined in …

McClelland (1985) hypothesized that motives and emotions are linked in specific ways, with
each primary emotion relevant to only one motive. Two studies were generally supportive of …

Although empathy and sympathy are conceptually discriminable affective responses to
emotional displays in others, the distinction between them has been neglected in much past …

Emotions can offer instrumental benefits, but people do not always take advantage of them.
In this paper, we identify one factor that might propel people to seek emotions that have …