Behavioral and Brain Sciences



Short Communication

Emotion: The relation between breadth of definition and explanatory power


Robert A. Hinde a1
a1 St. John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP, United Kingdom rah15@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Abstract

Attempts to integrate diverse phenomena in terms of common processes are much needed in psychology, but definitional precision is a necessary preliminary to explanation. It is also preferable to use caution in juxtaposing concepts from different realms of discourse.