厌恶的起源及其泛化:进化的观点

厌恶是人类的基本情绪之一,也是情绪心理学的研究重点。以进化论为指导的进化心理学对厌恶研究提供了一个崭新的理论视角,认为人类厌恶情绪源于抵御寄生物和保持种群规模的需要。现代人类的多种复杂的道德厌恶感与生理厌恶感有着同样的进化根源,人类的道德心理系统有部分是建立在更为古老的进化适应基础之上。

The Origins and Generalization of Disgust:Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory

Disgust is a basic emotion in human nature and a hot point in the emotion psychology research as well.With the development of evolutionary psychology(EP),there is a new perspective on disgust.The paper based on the theory of EP discusses the origins and generalization of disgust,argues that human's moral mind is partly shaped by the adaptive emotion and provides many studies which show that the feeling of moral disgust has to do with physical disgust for people.