University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS) > CANCELLED -Emotional awareness, rational action, and self-understanding

  Browse A-Z

Log in

Cambridge users (raven)details Other usersdetails No account?details

Information on

Subscribing to talksdetails Finding a talkdetails Adding a talkdetails Disseminating talksdetails Help and Documentationdetails

CANCELLED -Emotional awareness, rational action, and self-understanding

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr. Nicholas Gibson.

We hope to reschedule this talk sometime soon.

This talk examines the role of emotion experience in both rational action and self-knowledge. A key distinction is made between emotion experiences of which we are unaware, and those of which we are aware. The former motivate action and colour our view of the world, but they do not do so in a rational way, and their nonreflective nature obscures self-understanding. I provide arguments and evidence to support the view that emotion experiences contribute to rational action only if one is appropriately aware of them (because only then does one have the capacity to inhibit one’s emotional reactions). Furthermore, it is argued that awareness of emotion increases self-knowledge because it is a source of information about our biases.

This talk is part of the Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS) series.

Tell a friend about this talk:

This talk is included in these lists:

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.

Other lists

CUED Speech Group Seminars Data Management Roadshow Department of Earth Sciences Seminars (downtown)

Other talks

Inferring the Evolutionary History of Cancers: Statistical Methods and Applications Universality in Active Matter The Knotty Maths of Medicine Finding the past: Medieval Coin Finds at the Fitzwilliam Museum Transcription by influenza virus RNA polymerase: molecular mechanisms, cellular aspects and inhibition Electron Catalysis Cambridge Rare Disease Summit 2017 The Productivity Paradox: are we too busy to get anything done? Immigration and Freedom Asclepiadaceae How language variation contributes to reading difficulties and “achievement gaps”
 

© 2006-2024 Talks.cam, University of Cambridge. Contact Us | Help and Documentation | Privacy and Publicity