The Cognitive Structure of Emotions
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- Authors:
- Andrew Ortony, Northwestern University, Illinois
- Gerald L. Clore, University of Virginia
- Allan Collins
- Date Published: May 2012
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- isbn: 9781139242486
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It has long been clear that the way in which people interpret the world affects our emotional reactions. What has been less clear is exactly how such different interpretations lead to different emotions. This is the central question addressed by The Cognitive Structure of Emotions. Taking a cognitive science perspective, a systematic account is presented of the cognitive structures that underlie a wide range of different emotions. Detailed proposals about the factors that affect intensity are also offered. The authors propose three broad classes of emotions, each corresponding to a different attentional focus. One class consists of reactions to events, one of reactions to the actions of agents, and one of reactions to objects. By basing their analysis of the antecedents of emotions on an analysis of the perceived situational conditions that elicit them, the authors offer the prospect of accounting for variations in the emotions of different individuals, different cultures, and perhaps even different species.
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- Date Published: May 2012
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781139242486
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
The study of emotion
Types of evidence for theories of emotion
Some goals for a cognitive theory of emotion
2. Structure of the theory
The organisation of emotion types
Basic emotions
Some implications of the emotions-as-valenced-reactions claim
3. The cognitive psychology of appraisal
The appraisal structure
Central intensity variables
4. The intensity of emotions
Global variables
Local variables
Variable-values, variable-weights, and emotion thresholds
5. Reactions to events: I. The well-being emotions
Loss emotions and fine-grained analyses
The fortunes-of-others emotions
Self-pity and related states
6. Reactions to events: II. The prospect-based emotions
Shock and pleasant surprise
Some interrelationships between prospect-based emotions
Suspense, resignation, hopelessness, and other related states
7. Reactions to agents
The attribution emotions
Gratitude, anger, and some other compound emotions
8. Reactions to objects
The attraction emotions
Fine-grained analyses and emotion sequences
9. The boundaries of the theory
Emotion words and cross-cultural issues
Emotion experiences and unconscious emotions
Coping and the function of emotions
Computational tractability.
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