Emotions signal flaws in the person’s anticipation systems, or in other words, in aspects of models of how the world works. As these models are essentially shared in society, emotional challenges experienced by any individual are of relevance to the community of others. Emotions emerge at the heart of the individual experience, the only place where collective knowledge can be tested against the world. Once felt, emotions generate a cascade of psychological facts: compelling concern, cognitive work, social sharing, and propagation of the social sharing. The larger the fault detected, the more intense the emotion, the more intensive the cognitive work it generates, and the broader the social sharing of the episodic information. Through the social sharing of emotions, common knowledge is updated and enriched.

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情感为文化建设服务

情绪预示着人们的期望系统中的缺陷，换句话说，就是世界运作方式的模型方面的缺陷。由于这些模型在社会中基本共享，因此任何人所经历的情感挑战都与他人社区相关。情感是个人体验的核心，这是唯一可以对世界进行集体知识检验的地方。一旦感觉到，情绪就会产生一系列的心理事实：令人关注的关注，认知工作，社交共享以及社交共享的传播。所检测到的故障越大，情感越强烈，其产生的认知工作就越密集，而情节信息的社会共享就越广泛。通过情感的社会共享，常识得以更新和丰富。