The evolutionary nature of basic emotions: an investigation of pride and shame
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2019.3.33986Keywords:
Emotions. Expressions. Naturalism. Evolutionism. ConstructivismAbstract
The present article aims to establish the biological constitution of mammals and cultural constructions role in basic social emotion expressions. Emotions’ social relevance will be grounded on the discussion between evolutionary psychology and social constructivism, focusing on the role of expressions in its communication among different species of animals and human cultures. The study of emotional expressions will be done by presenting the general principles of emotions as it was developed by Darwin (2000), in combination with contemporary analyzes by the natural sciences. As a case study, it will be presented a research developed by Tracy and Matsumoto (2008), comparing expressions of pride and shame in humans with normal vision and congenital blindness. The argument consists that, in case of these principles being homologous in different species or expressed in humans unable to mimic them through observation, then an evolutionary explanation of the relationship between emotions and behavior tends to be strengthen.
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