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Emotion cognition interaction in personality development: a discrete emotions, functionalist analysis.

C Z Malatesta1, A Wilson

  • 1Psychology Department, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York 11201.

The British Journal of Social Psychology
|March 1, 1988
PubMed
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.

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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.

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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.