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Preference for negative emotions.
Emotion, 2006This research demonstrates that preference for emotions sometimes cannot be equated with a positive-negative valence dimension. Participants were asked to make choices between pairs of affect-inducing options opposite in valence but equal in activation. The results showed that in absence of contextual cues or situational constraints, choices followed a
Daniel Västfjäll, Tommy Gärling
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Regulation of negative emotional behavior
Science, 2019A lower-brainstem structure regulates a psychobehavioral state for avoidance ...
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2018
People react differently to positive wordings than to negatives, which may be caused by negativity bias: a difference in emotional force of these wordings. The Emotional Resonance Hypothesis (e.g., Costa et al. 2014; Keysar et al., 2012) predicts that framing effects are larger in a native language than in a foreign language, because emotions are ...
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People react differently to positive wordings than to negatives, which may be caused by negativity bias: a difference in emotional force of these wordings. The Emotional Resonance Hypothesis (e.g., Costa et al. 2014; Keysar et al., 2012) predicts that framing effects are larger in a native language than in a foreign language, because emotions are ...
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Negative Emotions and Learning
2021Emotions and learning seem to be closely connected, and often the emotions considered most fruitful for learning are the ‘negative ones’ – negative in the sense of an emotion which we normally try to avoid and which does not leave us unchanged. However, from a life-world-perspective, this ‘positive’ view on negative emotion doesn’t seem too convincing ...
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On “Positive” and “Negative” Emotions
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2002In this essay, we argue that the concepts of valence and polarity are misleading tools in emotion research. We begin by discussing the origins of the concept of valence in ancient philosophy and ethics and provide evidence from the psychological literature showing the complexity of these constructs.
Robert C. Solomon, Lori D. Stone
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Positive and Negative Emotions
Chapter 6 examines positive and negative emotions. Positive emotions are associated with happiness studies and the theorization of happiness, and have been of interest to a wide range of theorists (Ahmed, 2004, 2010). The first part of the chapter examines these theories as well as empirical research in the area of happiness.openaire +2 more sources

