The emotional toolkit: Lessons from the science of emotion

Heather C. Lench; Cassandra L. Baldwin; Dong An; Katie E. Garrison

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77619-4_13

The emotional toolkit: Lessons from the science of emotion

Heather C. Lench, Cassandra L. Baldwin, Dong An, Katie E. Garrison

Texas A&M University

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Abstract

What do emotions do for people? This chapter presents a framework that emotions function much like a precision toolkit, with particular emotions best used to fix particular problems. This means that emotions are not always functional or always dysfunctional. Instead each emotion prepares people to deal with particular issues. The key to promoting functional emotion in our own lives, then, is to recognize what emotions do and to regulate how we express them. This chapter also brings together perspectives from the science of emotion to identify the next big questions about emotion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Function of Emotions
Subtitle of host publication	When and Why Emotions Help Us
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	253-261
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319776194
ISBN (Print)	9783319776187
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77619-4_13
State	Published - Apr 20 2018
Externally published	Yes

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