PSYC410 – PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
Discussion 1 | Cause of Emotion
Discussion 1 | Cause of Emotion
Review
Goleman: Chapter 1 – What are emotions for?
Read Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Emotion (opens in new window), https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/emotion/
read entire excerpt, all 12 sections
The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy offers various theories of the cause of emotion (feeling, appraisal, cognitive, etc).
Which theory(ies) or combination of reasons from this reading do you see as the cause of emotion?
Discussion Instructions
Post a substantive response to the prompt by the first deadline shown in the weekly overview text. Initial posts should be 3-4 paragraphs in length where a paragraph is at least 5 sentences.
