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Emotions and emotion cognition contribute to the construction and understanding of mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Carroll E. Izard*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE10716http://www.udel.edu

Abstract:

Carpendale & Lewis's (C&L's) interesting and insightful article did not integrate several potentially useful notions from emotion theory and research into their explanatory framework. I propose that emotions are indigenous elements of mind and that children's understanding of them is fundamental to their understanding of the mental life of self and others, understandings critical to the development of social and emotional competence.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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