Emotional systems and the evolutionary tradition in psychology

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Carlos Zerpa

Abstract

A brief review paper is presented about evolutionary tradition in emotional Psychology systems. Darwin approximation view to study of expression of emotion in humans is described. Some actual theoretical perspectives and researchers and future tendencies in emotional systems research since Darwinian tradition in Psychology and implications for disciplinary field are discussed.

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Emotion, Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary theory
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Artículos de revisión

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