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.