nam a22 c 4500 ceb.7/572008088 nljbp 250625024836.0 cr ||||||||||| 140113s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011051987 9789027274755 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp BF175.5.A35 152.4 23 JMQ bicssc PSY008000 bisacsh Categorical versus Dimensional Models of Affect A seminar on the theories of Panksepp and Russell Edited by Peter Zachar and Ralph D. Ellis Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (vi, 350 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Consciousness & Emotion Book Series 2352-099X 7 Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Introduction / Peter Zachar -- 2. In defense of multiple Core Affects / Jaak Panksepp -- 3. From a psychological constructionist perspective / James A. Russell -- 4. “Nature proposes…and science disposes” tertiary vs primary process approaches to emotions and affects / Jaak Panksepp -- 5. Preliminary comments on Panksepp / James A. Russell -- 6. Discrete emotions / Andrea Scarantino -- 7. Nothing in mammalian psychology makes sense except in light of primary-process affective capacities / Paul Sheldon Davies -- 8. Lessons for affective science from a metascience of ‘molecular and cellular cognition’ / John Bickle -- 9. Affect as appraisal / Meaghan A. Leddy, Gail C. Robertson and Jay Schulkin -- 10. What should theories of emotion be about? / James R. Averill -- 11. Valence, reductionism, and the ineffable / Ronald de Sousa -- 12. Functional and empirical presuppositions in Russell and Panksepp / Georg Northoff -- 13. Comparison of affect program theories, appraisal theories, and psychological construction theories / Agnes Moors -- 14. Final remarks / James A. Russell -- 15. My reflections on commentaries and concluding perspectives / Jaak Panksepp -- 16. Concluding observations / Ralph D. Ellis and Bill Faw One of the most important theoretical and empirical issues in the scholarly study of emotion is whether there is a correct list of “basic” types of affect or whether all affective states are better modeled as a combination of locations on shared underlying dimensions. Many thinkers have written on this topic, yet the views of two scientists in particular are dominant. The first is Jaak Panksepp, the father of Affective Neuroscience. Panksepp conceptualizes affect as a set of distinct categories. The leading proponent of the dimensional approach in scientific psychology is James Russell. According to Russell all affect can be decomposed into two underlying dimensions, pleasure versus displeasure and low arousal versus high arousal. In this volume Panksepp and Russell each articulate their positions on eleven fundamental questions about the nature of affect followed by a discussion of these target papers by noted emotion theorists and researchers. Russell and Panksepp respond both to each other and to the commentators. The discussion leads to some stark contrasts, with formidable arguments on both sides, and some interesting convergences between the two streams of work. Provided by publisher. Cognitive psychology Consciousness research Philosophy Zachar, Peter editor Ellis, Ralph D. editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027241573 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/ceb.7 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274755