Evolución del concepto de emoción en el contexto científico: Desde la biología y la cultura, hasta el construccionismo psicológico

Mauricio Gonzáles-Arias

Resumen

Considerando el incremento del interés por las emociones en diversos campos de estudio y en la vida cotidiana junto con los importantes avances teóricos de los últimos años, este artículo pretende realizar un análisis y una síntesis de los
aspectos teóricos más relevantes para comprender qué es una emoción.


Se identifican los diferentes componentes de un episodio emocional, como el sentimiento de la emoción, las expresiones faciales, las tendencias a la acción, entre otros y se analizan las diferentes relaciones causales entre estos componentes que proponen algunas de las teorías más relevantes en la actualidad, como la teoría Neurocultural y la Teoría del Acto Conceptual.


Se concluye que las emociones son fenómenos complejos que combinan tanto aspectos biológicos como aspectos culturales y psicológicos, que se relacionan estrechamente con las necesidades psicológicas y con el bienestar. Además, el lenguaje
y los procesos de socialización son claves para lograr una educación emocional que facilite la adaptación social y el bienestar de las personas.

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Mauricio Gonzáles-Arias
mgonzale@userena.cl ( Contacto principal )
Gonzáles-Arias , M. . (2023). Evolución del concepto de emoción en el contexto científico: Desde la biología y la cultura, hasta el construccionismo psicológico. Logos: Revista De Lingüística, Filosofía Y Literatura, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.15443/RL3315

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