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Emotion

Coordinated changes in feeling, appraisal, physiology, attention, and action tendency.

Direct answer

Emotion refers to organized responses that can include subjective feeling, physiological change, appraisal, expression, and tendencies toward action. Different theories disagree about which components are primary.

Mechanism

How it works

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    Events are appraised relative to goals, needs, expectations, and context.

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    Emotional states can alter attention, memory accessibility, risk perception, and action readiness.

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    Regulation can change the intensity, duration, expression, or interpretation of an emotional response.

Consequence

Why it matters

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    Emotion is not simply noise added to reasoning; it changes the state from which reasoning occurs.

  2. 02

    State-aware decision systems should therefore model emotion as part of present conditions rather than pretend it is absent.

Search intent

Questions this page answers

3 questions
How do emotions influence decisions?
What is emotion regulation?
Are emotions universal?

Evidence

Sources

1 cited
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    APA Dictionary: primary emotionAmerican Psychological Association

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