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Roger Giner-Sorolla1, Agneta H Fischer2
1School of Psychology,University of Kent,Canterbury,Kent,CT2 7NP,United Kingdom.R.S.Giner-Sorolla@kent.ac.ukhttps://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/ginerr/.
Abstract:
Gervais & Fessler assert that contempt is (a) not an emotion (or an attitude) but (b) a sentiment. Here, we challenge the validity and empirical basis of these two assertions, arguing that contempt, like many other emotions, can be both an emotion and a sentiment.
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