Website review: the origin of emotions
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•221 reviews since Sep 8, 2006
evolution, psychology, emotions
•theoriginofemotions.com
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TwistedDelusion rated 8 weeks ago- Despite most of the other reviewers vehement attacks on this book, the book is nowhere near as false as what they have purported. Most of these reviews have been suggesting The Origin of Emotions lack of a peer review, and citations. While this may be true, to base your opinion of the book solely on these facts would be invoking the ad hominem fallacy in regards to the material within the book. I doubt many of these reviewers have actually read the book either; some of them state that the book is a piece of misanthropic cynicism, which is utterly false. A few of them have brought up the issue of "Mother's only love their children for 33 months." Mark Devon distinguishes between love and affection in his book; if these reviewers read the whole book, they'd have known this. Devon explicitly states that affection usually continues after maternal love has diminished. He also states that maternal love is the conclusion, or the imagined conclusion of "my child is happy". If you read the book, you'll find that Devon has carefully categorized emotions. He usually has at least five criteria for emotions: type of emotion, conceptual trigger, mental effect, key features, and purpose. After each chapter, Devon usually includes an "Other Species" section that explains how some of other animal species share the emotional concepts, sensations, reflexes, involuntary expressions, and voluntary expressions of humans. The Origin of Emotions is a fantastic book if you are interested in learning about alternative views of emotions, and the possible evolutionary growth of them. The book is referenced as version 1.0, so you can expect there to be revisions and additions later on; perhaps those missing citations, and peer reviews will also appear and become recognized. If you would like to get a more accredited review of the book, go here: http://www.changingminds.org/books/book_reviews/origin_emotions.htm
- Warrenh77 rated 4 months ago
- about the book
- ktkc rated 5 months ago
- http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA97/riedy/siglet5.html [check it out...this is more like it as far as maternal love goes...]
- home8896 rated 6 months ago
- Lots of assertions and no evidence? I am not impressed.
- Don-Keehotay rated 6 months ago
- An Amazon.com review that puts it better than I could: "This book is absolute drivel. The author makes several assertions that do not fit with contemporary theory and research on the nature of emotions. Several of his assertions are simply ridiculous, as another review mentioned, and none are backed up by citations of any sort. If you are interested in a Harvard MBA's ideosyncratic ideas about emotions, buy this book. If you are interested in learning something useful about emotions, however, look into something written by the scores of academic psychologists who have spend their lives studying the subject scientifically."
- notromda rated 6 months ago
- leighahall has the right perspective on it this below.
- realindeed rated 6 months ago
- This is one of the more controversial sites I've thumbed up. It reaches some politically incorrect conclusions, which I suspect has earned it more than its fair share of knee-jerk thumbs down. In any case, it's a fascinating read. Its one major flaw is that it does not list references or research. This hurts its credibility somewhat and keeps me from buying into it fully. Still, the reasoning behind each explanation seems sound enough, so I believe there are a few grains of truth to it. Below are a few interesting assertions: "Maternal love stops when a child is 33 months old. Mothers maximize their reproduction by focusing on the next child when the current child can feed itself. By 33 months, children can feed themselves if food is available. They can walk and their first set of teeth have completed eruption." "Men only love a woman for 42 months, which covers 9 months of gestation and 33 months of post-natal care. Both sexes maximize reproduction by starting a new reproductive cycle with a new partner when a child can feed itself." "Revenge encourages victims of rule breaking to always retaliate, whether it helps them or not. The more victims retaliate, the fewer rule breakers there are. The fewer rule breakers there are, the more efficient a group is." "Video games have many levels to trigger continus pride. Each time a player reaches a new level or rank, they feel a burst of pride. Higher rank is recongized with audio/visual effects and awards, such as new weapons or privileges. Gamers become addicted to those bursts of pride, like drug users to heroin or gamblers to slot machines."
- hoppipolla rated 6 months ago
- Total bullshit.
- gmalonzo rated 6 months ago
- 42 -- Partly because this is the answer to life, the universe, and everything else there is. There. Now are you happy. : ) "Humiliation is triggered by lower rank, not low rank. The only criminals who feel humiliation are first-time offenders. Every CEO feels humiliation when they retire." "When you maximize your happiness, you do what is best for the species."
- ShirlT rated 6 months ago
- You feel affection when you see or hear features that separate humans from other primates, such as the sight of white eyes or the sound of talking. Thanks...M.P.D...
