Emotional disorders in evolutionary perspective

Emotional disorders in evolutionary perspective.

Understanding emotional disorders requires understanding the evolutionary origins and functions of normal emotions. They are special states, shaped by natural selection to adjust various aspects of the organism in ways that have tended to give a selective advantage in the face of the adaptive challenges characteristic of a particular kind of situation. They are designed to maximize reproductive...

Commentary: Primary Emotional Systems and Personality: An Evolutionary Perspective

Commentary: Primary Emotional Systems and Personality: An Evolutionary Perspective

Primary Emotional Systems and Personality: An Evolutionary Perspective

The present article highlights important concepts of personality including stability issues from the perspective of situational demands and stability over the life-course. Following this more introductory section, we argue why individual differences in primary emotional systems may represent the phylogenetically oldest parts of human personality. Our argumentation leads to the need to increasin...

Commentary: Primary Emotional Systems and Personality: An Evolutionary Perspective