?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=From+moods+to+modules%3A+preliminary+remarks+for+an+evolutionary+theory+of+mood+phenomena&rft.creator=Evans%2C+Dylan&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=In+the+past+few+decades%2C+research+in+the+psychology+of+emotion+has+benefited+greatly+from+being+located+in+a+firm+evolutionary+framework.+It+is+argued+that+research+in+the+psychology+of+mood+might+attain+equal+rigour+by+taking+a+similar+approach.+An+evolutionary+framework+for+mood+research+would+be+based+on+evolutionary+psychology%2C+the+main+thesis+of+which+is+the+Massive+Modularity+Hypothesis.+Translating+the+folk-psychological+language+of+moods+into+the+scientific+language+of+modules+might+clarify+many+theoretical+questions+and+provide+a+sound+basis+for+empirical+research.+It+is+argued+that+such+an+evolutionary+approach+would+reveal+mood+to+be+a+much+more+heterogeneous+category+than+emotion.+While+the+six+basic+emotions+identified+by+Paul+Ekman+are+probably+each+subserved+by+a+single+module%2C+prototypical+moods+such+as+elation%2C+depression%2C+anxiety+and+irritability+are+likely+to+be+subserved+by+a+wide+range+of+modules.+An+evolutionary+approach+to+mood+might+therefore+lead+to+the+elimination+of+the+concept+of+mood+from+scientific+psychology+altogether.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F814%2F1%2FBBS1.html&rft.identifier=++Evans%2C+Dylan++(1999)+From+moods+to+modules%3A+preliminary+remarks+for+an+evolutionary+theory+of+mood+phenomena.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F814%2F