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Nov 6, 2026 59 min

11. Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part I

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Introduction to Psychology (PSYC 110)Uploaded 30-09-08This class is an introduction to the evolutionary analysis of human emotions, how they work, why they exist, and what they communicate. In particular, this lecture discusses three interesting case studies, that of happiness (e.g., smiling), fear and the emotions we feel towards our relatives. Finally, this lecture ends with a brief discussion of babies' emotional responses to their caregivers.00:00 - Chapter 1. The Different Functions of Emotions09:06 - Chapter 2. Phineas Gage and The Loss of Emotional Capacity15:45 - Chapter 3. Facial Expressions and Smiles in Particular28:08 - Chapter 4. Question and Answer on Smiles32:22 - Chapter 5. Non-Social Emotions: Fear 36:29 - Chapter 6. Social Emotions and AltruismComplete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.eduThis course was recorded in Spring 2007.

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