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Conceptualizing motivation and emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2000

Ross Buck
Affiliation:
Department of Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1085 buck@uconnvm.uconn.edu wattlab.coms.uconn.edu/faculty/buck.htm/

Abstract

Motivation and emotion are not clearly defined and differentiated in Rolls's The brain and emotion, reflecting a widespread problem in conceptualizing these phenomena. An adequate theory of emotion cannot be based upon reward and punishment alone. Basic mechanisms of arousal, agonistic, and prosocial motives-emotions exist in addition to reward-punishment systems.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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