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earthquake example, 125

economics, 80–81

Edelman, Gerald M., 122

efficiency, 114–16

EI (emotional intelligence), 179–86

Einstein, Albert, 132

Ekman, Paul, 5, 12, 13, 43, 51, 52, 53, 158

Elliott, Robert, 226

Emotient, 173

emotion

as a category of instances, 16

vs. cognition, 222–23

concept of, 148–49

differentiating, 2–3 (see also emotional granularity)

evolution of, 38, 143–44, 156, 157, 166–68, 385–86 n7

experience of, xiii

expressions of, 15, 244–45

functions of, 138–39

mastering, 187–94

as meaning, 126

as real, 134 (see also reality; social reality)

vs. reason, xi

as social reality, 279

universal, 7, 43–55

vocal and hormone signatures, 370 n46

emotion, classical view of, x–xii, xiii–xiv, 16, 31–32, 34, 43, 152

basic assumptions of, 35–39

brain areas, 19

challenges to, 7

effects of, xiv, 173

emotion categories, 35, 39, 89, 133, 135

emotional granularity, 3

essentialism, 158–70

facial expression, 4–12

inheritance of emotion, 143–44

lack of support for, 21, 22–23

law and, 244

misattribution in, 31

perception of emotion, 197

personal responsibility, 154

on source of emotion concepts, 94

view of human nature, 152, 164–70

emotion, instance of. See instance of emotion

emotion acculturation, 150

emotion categories, 35, 39, 89, 133, 135

emotion communication, 139

emotion concepts, 30, 39, 94–104

animals, 254

body budget, 107–11

conceptual combination, 105–6, 141–42

context, 33

as critical for experiencing/perceiving emotion, 107

culture and, 33, 53, 146–48, 370 n10, 372 n14, 373 n23

deactivation of, 372 n9

dogs and, 264, 265–66, 267

emotional granularity, 106

emotional intelligence, 180

functions of, 139

as goal-based concepts, 92–94

making meaning and, 138

need for, 43–47, 141–43

social reality, 133, 139

success of basic emotion method, 51–52

teaching across cultural boundaries, 54

teaching to children, 184–86, 380 n38

without words, 105

words and, 103–4, 138

See also concepts

emotion perception, 39–40, 139–40

in children, 101

emotional intelligence, 194–97

in faces, 42–55

by juries, 230–33

emotion recognition, 5–7, 43–45, 367 n8. See also basic emotion method; emotion perception

emotion regulation, 124

emotion words, 45–46, 100–103, 138, 163

Emotional Brain, The (LeDoux), 274

emotional expressions. See expressions of emotion

emotional granularity, 2–3, 106, 180

high, advantages of, 121, 181, 182–83

judges and, 240, 246

low, disadvantages of, 183, 203

physical health, 181, 203

emotional harm, 240–43, 250–51

emotional intelligence (EI), 179–86

Emotional Intelligence (Goleman), 81, 179–80

empathy, 240, 246, 404 n50

energy needs, 66. See also body budget

enteric nervous system 290–91

environment, construction of, 83

environment, physical, 178–79

essence, 157, 286

essentialism, 157–70, 245–46, 278, 286, 287–88, 318–20

Eugenides, Jeffrey, 181

evolution, xi, 60, 156–57, 164, 165, 280, 385–86 n7, 401 n11, 405 n9

evolutionary psychology, 158

exercise, 177, 178, 201

experience, positive, 183

experience, prior, 26, 27, 59, 122, 125, 126

experiential blindness, 26, 29, 85, 113

Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, The (Darwin), 4, 157, 158–60, 165–66

expressions of emotion, 5, 15, 51, 52–53

chimpanzees, 102

Darwin and, 166

legal system, 244–45

eyewitness evidence, 236–38, 245