The Evolutionary Psychology of Emotions and （情绪和的进化心理学）.pdf

Evolutionary Psychology of Emotions--1 Irrational Emotions or Emotional Wisdom? The Evolutionary Psychology of Emotions and Behavior Martie G. Haselton UCLA, Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture Timothy Ketelaar New Mexico State University, Department of Psychology In press , J. Forgas (ed.), Hearts and minds: Affective influences on social cognition and behavior. (Frontiers of Social Psychology Series). New York: Psychology Press. 8/18/2005 Evolutionary Psychology of Emotions--2 Irrational Emotions or Emotional Wisdom? The Evolutionary Psychology of Emotions and Behavior Irrational Emotions Emotional Wisdom A human being is a bundle of useless The heart has its reasons which reason passions. John-Paul Sartre, Philosopher knows nothing of. Blaise Pascal, Philosopher “Show me a guy who has feelings, and Your intellect may be confused, but Ill show you a sucker.” Frank Sinatra, your emotions will never lie to you. Singer and Movie Star Roger Ebert, Film Critic INTRODUCTION Get a grip… control your emotions… don’t let your feelings get in the way! Listen to your heart…get in touch with your emotions… express yourself! These messages from the academic community, as well as popular treatments of emotion, are contradictory. The rationalist history of Western thought portrays emotions as fundamentally flawed, and something we must therefore control (Haidt, 2001). Yet, there has been another voice in history—and one echoed in re