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Emotion cognition interaction in personality development: a discrete emotions, functionalist analysis
1Psychology Department, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York 11201.
The British Journal of Social Psychology
|March 1, 1988
Summary
This study explores personality development through discrete emotions, suggesting affective organization shapes emotional traits and behaviors. Data supports a developmental model for how these emotional biases form and persist.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Affective Science
Background:
- Personality development is often viewed through broad traits.
- The role of discrete emotions in shaping personality is less understood.
- Affective organization influences behavior and perception.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a discrete emotions approach to personality development.
- To explain how affective organization leads to emotional traits.
- To present a developmental model for the formation of affective biases.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing data supporting the discrete emotions approach.
- Development of a theoretical model for affective organization.
- Analysis of mechanisms for consolidation of affective biases.
Main Results:
- Individual differences in affective organization result in affect-specific biases.
- These biases influence expressive patterns and perceptual organization.
- Affective biases contribute to psychological continuities identified as emotional traits.
Conclusions:
- A discrete emotions approach offers a novel perspective on personality development.
- Affective organization plays a crucial role in establishing emotional traits.
- The proposed developmental model elucidates the formation and consolidation of emotional biases.