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Basic emotions: can conflicting criteria converge?

T J Turner1, A Ortony

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044.

Psychological Review
|July 1, 1992
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Understanding emotions involves viewing them as assemblages of basic components, not just combinations of basic emotions. This approach acknowledges biological systems but questions special status for certain emotions.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Critiques of Ortony and Turner's (1990) stance on basic emotions.
  • Debates surrounding objective criteria for basic emotions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an alternative framework for understanding emotional diversity.
  • To re-evaluate the concept of basic emotions in light of component-based assemblages.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of existing studies relevant to emotion components.
  • Analysis of critiques by Ekman (1992), Izard (1992), and Panksepp (1992).

Main Results:

  • Emotions are better understood as assemblages of basic components.
  • Biological systems underpin emotions, but do not grant special status to listed basic emotions.

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  • Disparate conclusions on basic emotions arise from differing research starting points.

    • Conclusions:

    • A component-assemblage model offers a more promising approach to emotional diversity.
    • Convergent resolutions on the definition and identification of basic emotions are unlikely.
    • Acknowledging biological bases does not necessitate a special status for certain emotions.