Randolph M. Nesse (1992) Overvaluation of the Emotion-mood Distinction
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Psycoloquy 3(08): Overvaluation of the Emotion-mood Distinction
OVERVALUATION OF THE EMOTION-MOOD DISTINCTION
Reply to Morris 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
The discussion about the distinction between mood and
emotion distracts from the more interesting issue of the
evolutionary functions of mood, however, I will attempt to defend
my position just a bit more.
Keywords
Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion,
adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry.
References
- American Psychiatric Association (1987). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.
- Lazarus, R. S. (1991). Emotion and adaptation. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Whybrow, P. C.,Akiskal, H. S., & McKinney, W. T. Jr. (1984). Mood Disorders: Toward a New Psychobiology. New York: Plenum.