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Approaches to Emotions

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In this chapter, I review major approaches to the study of emotion. These include the biological, cognitive, cultural, functional, dimensional, and dynamical approaches. First, I indicate the integrated and intercoordinated nature of cognitions and emotions. They involve brain processes but cannot be reduced to them. In the next chapter, I present my cognitive developmental model, based on the present Neo-Piagetian model of steps in development. It integrates other major approaches to the study of emotions.

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Young, G. (2011). Approaches to Emotions. In: Development and Causality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9422-6_21

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