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Autor/inn/en | Iran-Nejad, Asghar; und weitere |
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Institution | Illinois Univ., Urbana. Center for the Study of Reading.; Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA. |
Titel | Affect: A Functional Perspective. Technical Report No. 222. |
Quelle | (1981), (66 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Affective Behavior; Emotional Response; Models; Neurological Organization; Reading Attitudes; Reading Research; Research Design; Research Needs; Theories |
Abstract | This paper presents a coherent account of affect based on the functional properties of the nervous system. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the nature of a structural theory and contrasts it with a functional view. Then the functional view is discussed in more detail. The following two assumptions of the functional view are described: emotions are created by the simultaneous activity of various components of the neuronal system and emotional structures persist only as long as the underlying neuronal elements remain in a state of functioning. Next, the paper demonstrates that traditional psychological research on affective variables is more consistent with a functional theory of affect as opposed to a structural theory. Finally, some of the empirical implications of the functional view are discussed in terms of the study of affective functioning. (RL) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |