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Two Types of Emotion Processes Two Types of Emotion Processes
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The Standard Theory: Emotion Directly Causes Behavior The Standard Theory: Emotion Directly Causes Behavior
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Critique of Direct Causation Theory Critique of Direct Causation Theory
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Emotion as Feedback Emotion as Feedback
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Evidence: Emotion and Learning Evidence: Emotion and Learning
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Anticipated Emotion Anticipated Emotion
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Summary and Conclusion Summary and Conclusion
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References References
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7 7 Does Emotion Cause Behavior (Apart from Making People Do Stupid, Destructive Things)?
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Published:November 2009
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Abstract
The authors challenge the traditional view that emotion directly causes behavior, as represented in the claim that someone did something “because he was angry.” Essentially, this is the view that “the impetus for the behavior is contained in the emotion,” a premise that still leaves a miraculous gap between feeling the emotion and enacting the behavior. As an alternative, the authors advance the view that “conscious emotion tends to come after behavior and operates as a kind of inner feedback system.” The authors bolster their argument against the traditional view with evidence that emotions are not specific enough to serve as impetus for specific behaviors, that emotions seem to have more impact on cognition than on behavior, and that emotional influences on behavior tend to disappear unless people believe that their actions will affect their emotional state.
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