Motivation and Emotion

An Interactive Process Model

Mark H. Bickhard | Lehigh University

This chapter outlines dynamic models of motivation and emotion. These turn out not to be autonomous subsystems, but instead are deeply integrated in the basic interactive dynamic character of living systems. Motivation is a crucial aspect of particular kinds of interactive systems — systems for which representation is a sister aspect. Emotion is a special kind of partially reflective interaction process, and yields its own emergent motivational aspects. In addition, the overall model accounts for some of the crucial properties of consciousness.

Published online: 14 November 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.16.12bic

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