A Cognitive Perspective on Emotion

by Mark Pettinelli

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Some things in life cause people to feel, these are called emotional reactions. Some things in life cause people to think, these are sometimes called logical or intellectual reactions. Thus life is divided between things that make you feel and things that make you think. The question is, if someone is feeling, does that mean that they are thinking less? It probably does. If part of your brain is being occupied by feeling, then it makes sense that you have less capacity for thought.

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Publisher
Northeastern University
Subjects
Social Sciences, Psychology
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Chapters
  7. 1: Emotion and Logic
  8. 2: Thoughts
  9. 3: Emotions and Feelings and the Difference Between them
  10. 4: Emotions are Dulled Feelings
  11. 5: Emotions and Feelings are Broad Thoughts
  12. 6: Levels of Emotion and Thought
  13. 7: A Theory of Emotion
  14. 8: How Emotion is Processed
  15. 9: Physical Stimulus and its Role with Emotions
  16. 10: Emotions Vs. Logic
  17. 11: Life Occurs in Sharp Spikes
  18. 12: Angry, Upset, and Depressed?
  19. 13: Emotion is a Combination of Feeling and Thought
  20. 14: Intentions
  21. 15: An Overly Optimistic Attitude towards Life Leads to a Dulling of Emotion
  22. 16: Smaller Emotions Follow Brief, Intense Emotions
  23. 17: Visual Learning
  24. 18: Curing Depression
  25. 19: What Makes Humans Conscious
  26. 20: Functional Consciousness
  27. 21: Dream Analysis Shows how Emotions are Difficult to Control
  28. 22: Concentration and Emotions are Important Factors in Intelligence
  29. 23: Intellect, Cognition, and Emotion
  30. 24: Advanced Ideas are Important Objects
  31. 25: My theory of subjective analysis
  32. Back Matter
  33. Index
  34. Glossary
  35. Detailed Licensing