YALE PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology with Professor Paul Bloom

Lecture 12 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part II

author: Paul Bloom, Department of Psychology, Yale University
recorded by: Yale University
published: Oct. 7, 2009, recorded: March 2007, views: 5149
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Professor Bloom continues the discussion of emotions as useful evolutionary adaptations for dealing with our social environment. In particular, this lecture describes evolutionary explanations for several important emotional responses, such as the love between parents and their offspring, the gratitude we feel towards cooperative behaviors, the spite we feel for cheaters, and the cultural differences in feelings of revenge.

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