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Motivation and Emotion

An Interactive Process Model
  • Mark H. Bickhard
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The Caldron of Consciousness
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Abstract

This chapter outlines dynamic models of motivation and emotion. These turn out not to be autonomous subsystems, but instead are deeply integrated in the basic interactive dynamic character of living systems. Motivation is a crucial aspect of particular kinds of interactive systems — systems for which representation is a sister aspect. Emotion is a special kind of partially reflective interaction process, and yields its own emergent motivational aspects. In addition, the overall model accounts for some of the crucial properties of consciousness.

Abstract

This chapter outlines dynamic models of motivation and emotion. These turn out not to be autonomous subsystems, but instead are deeply integrated in the basic interactive dynamic character of living systems. Motivation is a crucial aspect of particular kinds of interactive systems — systems for which representation is a sister aspect. Emotion is a special kind of partially reflective interaction process, and yields its own emergent motivational aspects. In addition, the overall model accounts for some of the crucial properties of consciousness.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of Contributors vii
  4. Introduction ix
  5. Part I
  6. Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation 3
  7. Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System 27
  8. Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion 55
  9. Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System 91
  10. Part II
  11. The ‘Mind’/‘Body’ Problem and First-Person Process 109
  12. Dissolving Differences 119
  13. The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness 133
  14. Motivation and Emotion 161
  15. Mind, Brain, and Chaos 179
  16. Part III
  17. Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness 205
  18. Emotions 223
  19. Awareness of Emotions 243
  20. Index 271
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.16.12bic

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of Contributors vii
  4. Introduction ix
  5. Part I
  6. Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation 3
  7. Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System 27
  8. Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion 55
  9. Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System 91
  10. Part II
  11. The ‘Mind’/‘Body’ Problem and First-Person Process 109
  12. Dissolving Differences 119
  13. The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness 133
  14. Motivation and Emotion 161
  15. Mind, Brain, and Chaos 179
  16. Part III
  17. Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness 205
  18. Emotions 223
  19. Awareness of Emotions 243
  20. Index 271
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