… emotion, and conation has profoundly affected virtually all scientific approaches to the study
of human nature … The issue of the respective supremacy of cognition and emotion (or ratio vs…

… for at least some of what we know about some functions of some emotions under some
conditions. The ``world’’ that is monitored may include the external world (eg approaching preda- …

… for a "gold standard " by which an emotion can be operationalized. Functionalism also has
… emotion are interrelated, and understanding how culture influences emotion and emotional …

… , whose theory of natural selection, not his theory of vestigial emotional expression, has …
of natural selection to understand emotions as adaptations that often serve useful functions. …

… The second social function of emotions is helping the individual or group to … function as
the “social distancing function” of emotion. Each of these general social functions of emotion …

… functions cannot be served without social regulation, we also discuss the social function of
emotion regulation, and the issue of how other people play a role in regulating our emotions. …

… are many words to describe emotional experiences, the range of emotions are not endless.
… number of emotions, although the precise number and nature of our basic emotions remain …

Along with most other theorists of emotion, I assume that emotion is best treated as a
psychological construct consisting of several aspects or components. These are specifically: …

… as to trigger emotional responses, given our (settled) emotional … has emotional significance
just if it triggers emotional … : we accord emotional significance to what triggers our emotions. …

… an emotion or a set of emotions. I posit quite different functions and characteristics for basic
emotions and emotion … I also recognize within each type both positive and negative emotion …