Emotions Are Real
Emotions Are Real
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DOI：
10.1037/a0027555
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Barrett, Lisa Feldman
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作者：
Barrett, Lisa Feldman
很明显，情绪是真实的，但问题是，它们是什么样的“真实的”？在这篇文章中，我概述了一种理论方法，情感是社会现实的一部分。我认为，当身体的变化（在面部、声音和身体，或用于行为适应的神经回路，如冻结、逃跑或战斗）承担了心理功能时，这些变化就转化为一种情绪，而这些心理功能不能单独由它们的身体性质来执行。这需要社会共享的概念知识，感知者使用这些概念知识从这些物理变化中创造意义（以及支持这种意义创造的电路）。我的主张是，情绪是社会建构的，同时也是生物学上的证据。只有当我们从社会学、心理学和生物学的角度理解了构成情绪事件的所有要素时，我们才能理解情绪的本质。
It is obvious that emotions are real, but the question is what kind of "real" are they? In this article, I outline a theoretical approach where emotions are a part of social reality. I propose that physical changes (in the face, voice, and body, or neural circuits for behavioral adaptations like freezing, fleeing, or fighting) transform into an emotion when those changes take on psychological functions that they cannot perform by their physical nature alone. This requires socially shared conceptual knowledge that perceivers use to create meaning from these physical changes (as well as the circuitry that supports this meaning making). My claim is that emotions are, at the same time, socially constructed and biologically evident. Only when we understand all the elements that construct emotional episodes, in social, psychological, and biological terms, will we understand the nature of emotion.