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| | Emotion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Emotion is the realm where thought and physiology are inextricably entwined, and where the 'self' is inseparable from our individual perceptions of value and judgement toward ourselves and others. |
 | | Emotional experiences consist of thoughts, feelings, affective responses (e.g., sadness, anger, joy, determination), physiological responses (changes in internal bodily functioning), cognitive responses (e.g., a conceptual representation of an event), and behavioural responses (an outward expression such as flight or resistance). |
 | | This understanding of emotions may be considered the epiphenomenal account; emotions may be the end-product of cognitive processes—such as a feeling of anger upon realizing that one's been cheated—but they can never take their place among other mental states, such as believing, as equals. |
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