Toward a consensual taxonomy of emotions |
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Authors: | Dacher Keltner |
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Affiliation: | 1. UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USAkeltner@berkeley.edu |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTIn this article, I chart certain origins of the science of emotion back to the cognitive revolution. I then highlight new developments in the field – the influences of emotion upon cognition, the focus on over 20 emotions, the expanding emphasis on positive emotion, and an abiding interest in the functions emotions serve. I close by arguing for the need for the field to move toward a conceptual taxonomy of emotions, to move beyond decades of terminological debates about what emotions are to a convergent effort to understand what emotions do for people. |
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Keywords: | Taxonomy of emotions positive emotions appraisal theory |
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