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Is humility a sentiment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Aaron C. Weidman  and
Jessica L. Tracy
Aaron C. Weidman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. acweidman@psych.ubc.ca jltracy@psych.ubc.ca http://ubc-emotionlab.ca/people/aaron-weidman/ http://ubc-emotionlab.ca/people/dr-jessica-tracy/
Jessica L. Tracy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. acweidman@psych.ubc.ca jltracy@psych.ubc.ca http://ubc-emotionlab.ca/people/aaron-weidman/ http://ubc-emotionlab.ca/people/dr-jessica-tracy/
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Abstract

Gervais & Fessler reintroduce the concept of a sentiment as a framework for conceptualizing contempt, a construct with both attitudinal and emotional components. We propose that humility might also fit this mold. We review recent findings regarding the antecedents, phenomenology, and functional consequences of humility, and discuss why conceptualizing it as a sentiment may advance our understanding of this construct.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e251
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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