The 2 main tasks of this article are 1st, to examine what a theory of emotion must do and
basic issues that it must address. These include definitional issues, whether or not …

A widespread assumption in theories of emotion is that there exists a small set of basic
emotions. From a biological perspective, this idea is manifested in the belief that there might …

Despite decades of challenges to the idea that a small number of emotions enjoys the
special status of “basic emotions,” the idea continues to have considerable influence in …

Customers increasingly rely on other consumers' reviews to make purchase decisions
online. New insights into the customer review phenomenon can be derived from studying …

The emotional state of being moved, though frequently referred to in both classical rhetoric
and current language use, is far from established as a well-defined psychological construct …

The scourge of cyberbullying has assumed alarming proportions with an ever-increasing
number of adolescents admitting to having dealt with it either as a victim or as a bystander …

" Emotions have many facets. They involve feelings and experience, they involve physiology
and behavior, and they involve cognitions and conceptualizations. There are important …

Ss in 2 studies were asked to report on 32 emotional states. Ss were asked to remember
instances of experiencing these states and, for each experience, to fill out a questionnaire …

The present study investigated different types of boredom as proposed in a four-categorical
conceptual model by Goetz and Frenzel (2006; doi: 10.1026/0049-8637.38. 4.149). In this …

In this article, I introduce an emotion paradox: People believe that they know an emotion
when they see it, and as a consequence assume that emotions are discrete events that can …