VII—Emotions and the Category of Passivity

Peters, R. S.; Mace, C. A.

doi:10.1093/aristotelian/62.1.117

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“…Historically, 'passivity' has been the generic term used to express this idea. It may thus be said that emotional concepts imply passivity or, following Aristotle, that emotions belong to the category of passivity (Peters, 1962).…”

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An Analysis of Psychophysiological Symbolism and its Influence on Theories of Emotion¹

Auerill

1974

J Theory Soc Behav

126

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J A M E S R. A V E R I L LNow the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like; I warn you, as I warned you before, those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. St. Paul, Epistle to the Galatians 5 : 19-21. Of points where physiology and psychology touch, the place of one lies at 'emotion'.Sir Charles Sherrington, The Integrative Action of the Nervous System.

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An Analysis of Psychophysiological Symbolism and its Influence on Theories of Emotion¹

Auerill

1974

J Theory Soc Behav

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“…Frijda, 1986;Peters, 1962), and it is certainly a quality that seems salient in everyday life. Demonstrating its presence in moods created by the musical induction is therefore noteworthy.…”

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Mood induction and instructions to sustain moods: A test of the subject compliance hypothesis of mood congruent memory

Parrott

1991

Cognition & Emotion

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Laboratory mood induction procedures that enlist subjects' co-operation in creating and sustaining moods tend to bias memory toward mood congruence, but this phenomenon may be explained in ways that are not directly related to mood. One such account is the "subject compliance hypothesis" (proposed by Blaney, 1986). which argues that mood congruent recall is the result of subjects' attempts to maintain or boost their moods, not the result of the moods per se. To test this hypothesis, happy and sad moods were induced using the musical mood induction procedure, which enlists subjects' co-operation in altering their moods. After subjects had performed several tasks, however, they were told that they could stop maintaining their mood. When asked to recall autobiographical memories a minute later, subjects nevertheless exhibited mood congruent bias. This finding argues against the subject compliance hypothesis, and suggests that subjects' moods persisted without active maintenance. Implications concerning the nature of moods, mood induction, and self-regulation are discussed.

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“…As these expressions suggest, the attribution of emotion implies a lack of personal control and, consequently, an abnegation of responsibility for the consequences of one's actions. More formally speaking, the emotions are passions, i.e., they belong to the logical category of passivity (Peters, 1962;Solomon, 1976), and hence are classed as things which happen to us rather than as things we do (actions).…”

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The self-attribution of emotion as a function of success and failure1

1978

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ABSTHACn'When an act is interpreted as emotional, the responding individual generally is considered less responsible than if the act were interpreted as deliberate. This leads to the hypothesis that the selfattribution of emotion will more likely occur when behavior has undesirable rather than desirable consequences. Three experiments were conducted to explore this hypothesis. In these experiments, the self-attribution of emotion was assessed indirectly by having the subjects judge potentially arousing stimuli (e.g., nudes and corpses) after these stimuli had been associated with either failure or success on a problem-solving task. As predicted, the nudes were judged more attractive and the corpses more disturbing when they were associated with failure. This tendency was most apparent among subjects who perceived the task to be a valid indication of intellectual ability.

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VII—Emotions and the Category of Passivity

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An Analysis of Psychophysiological Symbolism and its Influence on Theories of Emotion¹

An Analysis of Psychophysiological Symbolism and its Influence on Theories of Emotion¹

Mood induction and instructions to sustain moods: A test of the subject compliance hypothesis of mood congruent memory

The self-attribution of emotion as a function of success and failure1

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An Analysis of Psychophysiological Symbolism and its Influence on Theories of Emotion1

Mood induction and instructions to sustain moods: A test of the subject compliance hypothesis of mood congruent memory

The self-attribution of emotion as a function of success and failure1

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