On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 09:34 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 17:44 -0500, William L. Jarrold wrote: > > you seemed to like that one article. i now send you this one. > > i have not yet read it. it should make us feel hopeful > > bc now someone has made a step towards showing that cognitive appraisal is > > not just some theoretical mumbo jumbo. rather, it *can* > > *cause* emotion. > > I read about half of it. It is fun to hear them describe their > experimental method. I find it quite creative. > > One point I want to discuss: > > "Simulation studies leave doubt about whether the cognitions manipulated > in read or imagined scenarios would case people who are actually in > those situations to feel the specified emotions." I believe you mention > roughly the same point in section 2.4.6 of your dissertation. > > In the case of human emotions (vs emotions which could be experienced by > other primates), the ability to take perspective would function more as > a way of screening experimental subjects than as an additional source of > error. Do you follow me?
On second thought, I'm probably confusing perspective and metacognition. Feel free to ignore this email. -- If you are an American then support http://fairtax.org (Permanently replace 50,000+ pages of tax law with about 200 pages.)
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