Randolph M. Nesse (1992) Social Functions of Mood
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Psycoloquy 3(04): Social Functions of Mood
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF MOOD
Reply to Sloman on Nesse on Mood
Randolph M. Nesse
Department of Psychiatry
C 440 Med-Inn Bldg.
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-0840
nesse@um.cc.umich.edu
Abstract
I find Sloman's ideas a welcome expansion on the social
function of mood.
Keywords
Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion,
adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry.
References
- Hartung J. (1988) Deceiving down. In: Lockard JS, Paulhus D, ed. Self Deception: An Adaptive Mechanism? Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 170-185.