rationality of emotions

the proposition that emotions show an implacable logic, in that they follow from appraisals made by the individual as inevitably as logical conclusions follow from axioms and premises. This view, which counters the traditional idea that emotions and reason are in opposition to one another, is linked to the work of U.S. psychologist Richard S. Lazarus and Swiss-born Canadian–British philosopher Ronald B. De Sousa (1940– ).

Browse dictionary by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Psychology term of the day

February 28th 2025

common metric

a unit or scale of measurement that is applied to data from different sources. In a meta-analysis, for instance, the results from multiple studies may need to be placed on a common metric so that they may be meaningfully compared.