innate mechanisms vs. appraisal

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        • Re: Emotion definition by John W. Bush, Ph.D., 4/3/97

    innate mechanisms vs. appraisal
    by Don Nathanson, Faculty, 4/3/97

    How do you explain the observation that the infant cries on its emergence from the birth canal? Is it possible that it has appraised the world as a vale of tears?

    All of the innate affects described by Tomkins are visible on the face of the infant long before the kind of cognitive structures you describe are possible.

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