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– ).

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May 8th 2024

health–belief model

a model that identifies the relationships of the following issues to the likelihood of taking preventive health action: (a) individual perceptions about susceptibility to and seriousness of a disease, (b) sociodemographic variables, (c) environmental cues, and (d) perceptions of the benefits and costs. See also exercise–behavior model.