| Title & Author | Abstract | |
|---|---|---|
| 3(01) | EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL APPROACHES TO EMOTION
Commentary on Nesse on Mood James Dow Department of Sociology and Anthropology Oakland University Rochester, MI 49309, USA dow@argo.acs.oakland.edu |
Abstract:
The question about the fitness value of mood also
relates to the broader question of the fitness value of
emotion. Communication media, such as emotion, create adaptive
functioning. Thus, natural selection will select them in the
long run through the return communication channel, its DNA will
move on to later generations and will replicate all the
structures.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(02) | MOOD AS A COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
Reply to Dow 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:
Dow's distinction between internal and external
functionsof mood parallels the traditional separation between the
communicative and motivational functions of mood. I am not
adopting the external approach but provide evolutionary
explanations of the several functions of mood. Both internal and
external aspects of mood need proximate as well as evolutionary
explanations.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(03) | HOW MOOD VARIATION REGULATES AGGRESSION
Commentary on Nesse on Mood Leon Sloman University of Toronto & Clarke Institute of Psychiatry 250 College Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 1R8 homatid@psych.toronto.edu |
Abstract:
Nesse's formulation should stimulate productive debate.
I explore the topic from two perspectives. Firstly that mood
variation plays a crucial role in the regulation of aggressive
behaviors and, secondly, that it helps the individual find the most
appropriate level in the social hierarchy. Each perspective
generates conclusions that are compatible with Nesse's.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(04) | 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. |
| 3(07) | MORE ON THE MOOD-EMOTION DISTINCTION
Commentary on Nesse on Mood William N. Morris Department of Psychology 6207 Gerry Hall Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755-3459 William.N.Morris@Dartmouth.edu |
Abstract:
Nesse fails to adhere to the accepted distinctions
between mood and emotion, namely, that emotions are aroused by
specific objects whereas moods have no such specific referent.
Despite this point, we are remarkably close in our analysis of the
function of mood. I find it reassuring that we end up with such a
similar analysis given that we are relying upon such different
sources.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(08) | 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. |
| 3(09) | DOES "EMOTION" REFER TO A REAL-WORLD ENTITY?
Commentary on Nesse on Mood James C. Mancuso Department of Psychology University at Albany Albany NY 12203 JCM61@ALBNYVMS.BITNET. |
Abstract:
We would profit from determining ways people istantiate
the constructions of "mood" and "emotion" rather than attempting to
develop a construction allowing confidence that we have created a
correspondence to an external something.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(10) | UNDERVALUATION OF THE EMOTION-MOOD DISTINCTION
Reply to Mancuso 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:
As scientists we must try to create categories that
have correspondence to an "external something".
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(11) | WHAT IS MOOD FOR? A CRITIQUE
Commentary on Nesse on Mood Robert Plutchik Department of Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1300 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, New York, 10461 plutchik@aecom.yu.edu |
Abstract:
Although I agree with an approach that seeks evolutionary
explanations for biological traits in general, and emotions in
particular, there are a number of problems with the specific
formulation in Nesse's paper that must be addressed.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |
| 3(12) | ETHOLOGY TO THE RESCUE
Reply to Plutchik 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:
Plutchik and I agree that the capacity for mood is a
product of natural selection and needs an explanation in terms of
its function. He, however, has several less fundamental
objections which I reply to.
Keywords: Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion, adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry. |