Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Appraisal and Intuition, Classification of States of Mind

According to Ledoux as demonstrated by Zajonc's studies , it is "possible for the brain to know that something is good or bad before it knows exactly what it is" (69) I wonder if this initial appraisal is the basis of intuition.

I find Ledoux's classification of motivation and personality as "other mental processes" (68) as opposed to emotion somewhat problematic because aren't mental states of mind such as these based on and created from emotional experiences?

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