VEXING RESEARCH PROBLEMS INHERENT IN COGNITIVE-MEDIATIONAL THEORIES OF EMOTION AND SOME SOLUTIONS

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LAZARUS, RS [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1207/s15327965pli0603_1
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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A number of problems posed by cognitive-mediational theories of emotion offer major challenges for theory and research. I address five problems that seem particularly important and vexing, and I offer some possible solutions. My purpose is to stimulate additional thought and interdisciplinary discussion. The problems include unconscious appraising; confusions about the bases of emotional variations across cultures; irrationality in our emotional life; research demands imposed by the transactional nature of emotion; and the potential for tautology when we treat appraisal as a cause of emotions. Although these problems are widely recognized, they have not been thoroughly dealt with, and they call for renewed efforts to seek solutions in the design of our research.
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