Abstract

PAZ, Abel Wajnerman. What does an evolutionary theory of emotions imply about the relationship between emotion and emotional regulation?. Tópicos [online]. 2019, n.37, pp.158-176. ISSN 1666-485X.

James Gross has argued that emotion regulation is a second-order or reflective process which is different from emotion. Also, he claims that his proposal is independent of the theory of emotions that one endorses. In this paper, I will challenge this presumed independence. I will argue that the evolutionary approach to emotions proposed by Tooby and Cosmides has two implications regarding the relation between emotion and emotion regulation: (1) the processes normally considered as regulatory are, under this approach, part of emotion itself and (2)emotion regulation is a horizontal process which consists in the interaction between different emotions at the same level.

Keywords : Emotion; emotion Regulation; Evolutionary psychology; Reflexive processes.

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