Solving the Emotion Paradox: Categorization and the Experience of Emotion
@article{Barrett2006SolvingTE, title={Solving the Emotion Paradox: Categorization and the Experience of Emotion}, author={L. Barrett}, journal={Personality and Social Psychology Review}, year={2006}, volume={10}, pages={20 - 46} }
In this article, I introduce an emotion paradox: People believe that they know an emotion when they see it, and as a consequence assume that emotions are discrete events that can be recognized with some degree of accuracy, but scientists have yet to produce a set of clear and consistent criteria for indicating when an emotion is present and when it is not. I propose one solution to this paradox: People experience an emotion when they conceptualize an instance of affective feeling. In this view… CONTINUE READING
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